NameThatPlant.net: Lindera benzoin

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Lindera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Where occurring on upland slopes, L. benzoin is an excellent indicator of base-rich soils, generally derived from calcareous sedimentary rocks or mafic metamorphic or igneous rocks, per Weakley's Flora (2023)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-04-001:

Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae

COMMON NAME:
Northern Spicebush, Wild Allspice

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 084-04-001:
Lindera benzoin FAMILY Lauraceae

843

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Habitat: Rich alluvial forests, mesic forests on slopes with circumneutral soils, bottomlands, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 deciduous tepals
9 fertile stamens on staminate flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

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