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Learn more about Calycanthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calycanthus floridus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
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Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 083-01-001b:
Calycanthus floridus var. laevigatus
FAMILY
Calycanthaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Calycanthus floridus var. floridus
COMMON NAME:
Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry-shrub, Sweet Bubby-bush
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Ron Lance rwl_calycanthus_floridus
March Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0504q_24
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm070421_025
April Greenville County SC
Camp Spearhead
Fruit an ovoid leathery pendant capsule (woodland rodents mine its seeds), per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm120415_026
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Perianth undifferentiated, segments maroon, often with lighter tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120424_634
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm160423_477
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_floridus_03188
April Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_floridus_rw_42205_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_floridus_sweetshrub
April
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Ben Geer Keys bgk236_a
April-May
Flowers somewhat urn-shaped and solitary on short leafy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Gill Newberry gn05_c_floridus_fruits
May
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JK Marlow jkm0405b_10
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, margins entire, acuminate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_22
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A yellow-flowering form.
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JK Marlow jkm140517_816
May Transylvania County NC
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Ron Lance rwl_cfloridus
May Rutherford County NC
The flowers are 1" or more broad and have a spicy fragrance, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Ron Lance rwl236_a
May
The nectarless flowers have a strong fruity odor that attracts small beetles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm140614_882
June Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm160727_387
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit green in summer turning dark brown to black over winter, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0310h_01
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
'Athens'