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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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Read more about Little Silverbell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Halesia carolina
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora FAMILY Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Halesia parviflora
COMMON NAME:
Little Silverbell
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_859b
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JK Marlow jkm0304c_33
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0304q_24
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0404o_28
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Style strongly exserted (1/3-1/2 length of corolla tube beyond its mouth), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_15
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Fruit a dry, 4-winged drupe, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_25
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves elliptic-oblong, about 2x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Halesia carolina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Halesia parviflora
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy alluvial forests, calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White or shaded with pink
4-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
4-lobed campanulate corolla
8-16 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Fruits narrowly 4-winged
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p229
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p251
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p119
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p320
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p193?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p158
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