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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Illicium parviflorum   FAMILY Illiciaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Illicium parviflorum   FAMILY Illiciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Illicium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Illicium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Illicium parviflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Star-anise, Yellow Anise-tree, Ocala Anise-tree


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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmiparviflorum_and1

June    Anderson County    SC

Flowers on downwardly curved stalks from leaf axils, about 12mm across, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Illicium parviflorum, Swamp Star-anise, Yellow Anise-tree, Ocala Anise-tree

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmiparviflorum_and3

June    Anderson County    SC

Petals yellow, ovate or suborbicular, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Illicium parviflorum, Swamp Star-anise, Yellow Anise-tree, Ocala Anise-tree

Paul Thompson    pstillicium_parviflorum

September?        

Leaf tips are rounded, and crushed leaves smell like licorice. — Clemson Extension

image of Illicium parviflorum, Swamp Star-anise, Yellow Anise-tree, Ocala Anise-tree

JK Marlow    s071108_e

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Crushed leaves strongly aromatic. Lateral veins indistinct or not evident, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Illicium parviflorum   FAMILY Illiciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Illicium parviflorum   FAMILY Illiciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Illicium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Illicium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Illicium parviflorum

 

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745

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Wet hammocks, swamps, bayheads, also sometimes cultivated and persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Florida

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
11-16 tepals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of follicles

 

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