NameThatPlant.net: Halesia carolina

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia carolina FAMILY Styracaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Little Silverbell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:

Halesia parviflora FAMILY Styracaceae

COMMON NAME:
Little Silverbell

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia carolina FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora FAMILY Styracaceae

2635

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy alluvial forests, calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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 narrowly 4-winged

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