Illicium floridanum
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| Illicium floridanum | |
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| Illicium floridanum with fruit | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Austrobaileyales |
| Family: | Schisandraceae |
| Genus: | Illicium |
| Species: | I. floridanum |
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| Illicium floridanum |
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Illicium floridanum (also known as purple anise, Florida anise, stink-bush, or star-anise) is an evergreen shrub native to the south-eastern United states especially Florida and Louisiana.
It is a close relative of the Chinese star anise but it is not edible.
The flowers are a very distinctive deep carmine red or maroon with narrow widely separated petals. The whole plant and especially the flowers have a distinctive fishy smell, hence the common names stink-bush, dead fish tree, or wet dog bush. The crushed foliage, however, has a pleasant spicy aroma akin to lemon-lime or aniseed. This plant is highly toxic and not a substitute for Illicium verum.
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