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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia diptera var. diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Halesia diptera
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-002:
Halesia diptera FAMILY Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Halesia diptera
COMMON NAME:
Common Two-wing Silverbell
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_860
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hadi3_002_lvd
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_032721atlanta02
March Fulton County GA
Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_032721atlanta04
March Fulton County GA
Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_032721atlanta07
March Fulton County GA
Atlanta Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1861
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves broadly obovate to nearly orbicular, finely and irregularly serrate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
COMPARE
leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1870
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves have an abrupt acuminate tip, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1871
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2021
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2026
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Fruit two-winged, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Halesia diptera var. diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Halesia diptera
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-002:
Halesia diptera
FAMILY
Styracaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Halesia diptera
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, forested edges of brackish marshes, 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 broadly 2-winged
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p067
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p252
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p123
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p045
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p119
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p321
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p311
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p156
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