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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Styrax americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Styrax americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Styrax americanus var. americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Styrax americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-002:

Styrax americana   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Styrax americana var. americana

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Styrax americana var. pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Styrax americana

 

COMMON NAME:
American Storax, American Snowbell


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stam4_001_lvd

        

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_stam4_006_lvd

        

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130128_190

January    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130330_540

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Twigs often w epidermal cracks or slits. Nodes oft swollen, or twigs zigzag, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130330_540b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Buds superposed, scurfy; leaf scar with one raised, roughened bundle scar, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1820088265040811

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Calyces of var. americanus are essentially glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

Alan S. Weakley    asw_683584506915589

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Pedicels of var. americanus are 10-14mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_812

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_815

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Bell-shaped, white, 1/2" long flowers appear in spring to early summer, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_818

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Racemes to 3" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm130430_897

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves narrowly elliptic to ovate or obovate, usually 2-8cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm0305w_11

May    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm080505_065

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm080505_068

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville05

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville14

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Styrax americanus var. americanus, American Storax, American Snowbell

JK Marlow    jkm160719_004b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

USC Upstate

Fruit a pendant, drupe-like capsule with 1-3 dark seed; calyx persistent, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Styrax americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax americanus   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Styrax americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Styrax americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Styrax americanus var. americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Styrax americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-002:
Styrax americana   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Styrax americana var. americana

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Styrax americana var. pulverulenta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Styrax americana

 

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1474

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, pocosin edges, depression wetlands, other moist to wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Bisexual

Flowers in racemes of 1-4 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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