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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Styrax grandifolius
FAMILY
Styracaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Bigleaf Snowbell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax grandifolius
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-001:
Styrax grandifolia
FAMILY
Styracaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bigleaf Snowbell, Large-leaved Storax
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stgr4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0505e_14
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0505e_16
May Oconee County SC
Foliage quite similar to Halesia diptera, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0201
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
Leaves suborbicular to widely elliptic or obovate, the longest ~ 5-14cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0205
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210508_0210
May Oconee County SC
Ramsey Creek Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_styrax_grandifolius_4
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_styrax_grandifolius_6
May
Cymes racemose, usually 5-20 flowered; corolla lobes 10-20mm long, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120728_022
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Leaves densely and finely pubescent beneath, giving the underside a pale color, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_grandifolius_berry2
September
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Ron Lance rwl_styraxgrandifolia
September Oconee County SC
Fruit 8-10mm in diameter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Styrax grandifolius
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Styrax grandifolius
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-02-001:
Styrax grandifolia
FAMILY
Styracaceae
1475
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in upland forests, bluffs, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Flowers in racemes of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p086
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p262
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p119
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p322
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p245
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p146
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p35
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p342