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



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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image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_860

        

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hadi3_002_lvd

        

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_032721atlanta02

March    Fulton County    GA

Atlanta Botanical Garden

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_032721atlanta04

March    Fulton County    GA

Atlanta Botanical Garden

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_032721atlanta07

March    Fulton County    GA

Atlanta Botanical Garden

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

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).

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1871

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

Sam Pratt    sbp_092513_2021

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Halesia diptera var. diptera, Common Two-wing Silverbell

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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633

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)

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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

 

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