Taxon

Styrax japonicus

Styrax japonicus - Japanese snowbell, Japanese storax
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Common name: Japanese snowbell, Japanese storax
Family: Styracaceae (storax family)
Synonym: Styrax bodinieri
Distribution: e. Asia
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Black list: Watchlist
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A rounded, low-branching, deciduous tree, growing 20-30' tall and wide. Leaves are lustrous above, medium to dark green, 1-3" long. Fruit is a dry drupe 1/2" long. Bell-shaped flowers are white with yellow stamens and have a slight fragrance. Gray-brown bark is smooth with irregular orange-brown fissures; quite attractive. Use as a specimen plant or in the shrub border.
Links: • Flora of Japan • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: LKV: CB15 (CB15) • Accession: D1942-0062.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: LKV: CB15 (CB15) • Accession: D1942-0062.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: LKV: CB15 (CB15) • Accession: D1942-0062.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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