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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Halesia carolina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora
FAMILY
Styracaceae
COMMON NAME:
Little Silverbell
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JK Marlow jkm0304c_33
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0304q_24
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0404o_28
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Style strongly exserted (1/3-1/2 length of corolla tube beyond its mouth), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_15
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Fruit a dry, 4-winged drupe, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_25
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves elliptic-oblong, about 2x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia carolina
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Halesia carolina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-003:
Halesia parviflora
FAMILY
Styracaceae
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
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
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
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