2635

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 sandy alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p119
• Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p320
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p193?
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p158

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Halesia carolina   FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina   FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora   FAMILY Styracaceae

LESS THAN Flora of North America
Halesia carolina