Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Halesia diptera var. diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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Flora of North America
Halesia diptera
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-002:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Two-wing Silverbell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hadi3_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1861
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves broadly obovate to nearly orbicular, finely and irregularly serrate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1870
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves have an abrupt acuminate tip, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1871
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2021
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2026
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Fruit two-winged, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Halesia diptera var. diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Halesia diptera
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-002:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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Tree
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in bottomland forests, forested edges of brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
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 broadly 2-winged
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p067
- Landscaping with Native Trees p123
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p045
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p119
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p321
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p311
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p156