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Calycanthus floridus var. floridus

Calycanthus floridus L. var. floridus

Eastern Sweetshrub, Sweet Shrub, Florida Spice Bush, Carolina Allspice

Calycanthaceae (Strawberry-shrub Family)

Synonym(s): Calycanthus mohrii

USDA Symbol: CAFLF

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 10 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Red , Green , Brown
Bloom Time: Apr , May
Bloom Notes: Maroon or reddish brown, occasionally greenish or green-tipped, with a strawberry or pineapple scent.

Distribution

USA: AL , DE , FL , GA , MA , MD , MS , NC , PA , SC , TN , VA , WV

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Research Literature

Reslit 1340 - Floral phyllotaxis and floral architecture in Calycanthaceae (Laurales) (2007) Y. M. Staedler, P. H. Weston and P. K. Endress
Reslit 1517 - Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) found in flowers of Calycanthus floridus Linnaeus (Laurales: Calycanthaceae) in northeastern Ohio, U.S.A (2008) R. N. Williams, N. M. Acosta and M. B. Price
Reslit 2045 - x Sinocalycalycanthus raulstonii (Calycanthaceae): A new intergeneric hybrid between Sinocalycanthus chinensis and Calycanthus floridus (2001) F. T. Lasseigne, P. R. Fantz, J. C. Raulston and G...
Reslit 2147 - Calycanthus floridus (Calycanthaceae) - a Nomenclatural Note. (1981) D. E. Boufford and S. A. Spongberg
Reslit 2551 - Observations on a gall-making thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) on Calycanthus floridus L and Calycanthus fertilis Walt in Georgia (1985) R. J. Beshear

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Calycanthus floridus var. floridus in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Calycanthus floridus var. floridus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Calycanthus floridus var. floridus

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-03-14
Research By: CBR

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