Taxon

Illicium floridanum

 
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Illicium floridanum - Florida-anise, Florida anisetree
Image: Wong, Jessica - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Florida-anise, Florida anisetree
Family: Illiciaceae (star-anise family)
Distribution: s.e. United States and n. Mexico
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: USDA Zone 7
Life form: Evergreen shrub
Comments: A native evergreen shrub, distinctive for its aromatic leaves and stems. it grows to around 10' tall in moist bottomlands. Foliage consists of alternate leaves, leathery in texture, elliptic to lance shaped, 3-6" long. Flowers open in spring (May) on nodding stalks, purple, 2 to 2 1/2" wide, giving way to a star-shaped cluster of fruits.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D2012-0549.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D2012-0549.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D2012-0549.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D2012-0549.006 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 5: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D2012-0549.007 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 6: PKW: AT07 (AT07) • Accession: D2012-0549.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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