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You may enjoy reading South Carolina's Native Magnolias by Richard B. Figlar.
Learn more about Cucumber Magnolia and Piedmont Cucumber Magnolia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Magnoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata
FAMILY
Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Magnolia acuminata
FAMILY
Magnoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 080-02-007?:
Magnolia acuminata
FAMILY
Magnoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tulipastrum cordatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Magnolia cordata
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Cucumber Magnolia, Yellow Cucumber-tree, Showy Cucumber Magnolia
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John B. Nelson jbn_3453389181_05535fd69e
April Lexington County SC
A smaller tree than var. acuminata, with generally brighter yellow flowers, per South Carolina's Native Magnolias. Journal of the SC Native Plant Society (Figlar, 2007).
JK Marlow jkm170408_513
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Petals golden-yellow above, light-yellow below, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmcordata_wl3
Month Unknown
Perianth segments light yellow on underside and golden yellow above, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.