Styrax grandifolius
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Styrax grandifolius, the bigleaf snowbell[1][2] or bigleaf storax, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States, ranging from Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. The plant grows as a deciduous shrub or tree up to 6 metres (20 ft) high,[1] and is most commonly found in upland forests of the southeast’s piedmont. As the specific epithet suggests, the species has larger leaves than sympatric Styracaceae, with alternate, obovate leaves up to 14 cm long and 10 cm wide that are densely pubescent underneath. Flowers are borne during early summer in racemes containing up to 20 flowers.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Peter W. Fritsch, "Styrax grandifolius Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 75. 1789", Flora of North America, vol. 8
- ^ NRCS. "Styrax grandifolius". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ Weakley, Alan (2012). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina. p. 812.
- ^ "Styrax grandifolius". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 13 August 2014.