Magnolia grandiflora L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Magnoliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Magnolia grandiflora L.

• Description

  Species Description - Handsome tree to 30 m; winter terminal bud 1–2.5 cm, evidently hairy; lvs scattered or somewhat clustered toward the ends of the twigs, leathery, evergreen, elliptic, 12–25 cm, a third or half as wide, acute to obtuse, basally acute to rounded-obtuse, the lower surface conspicuously rusty with a ± persistent, thin, villous tomentum; fls fragrant, creamy-white, cup-shaped, ca 10 cm thick; pet 6–12, obovate or spatulate, broadly rounded distally, concave, 7–13 cm; fr cone ellipsoid, 6–10 cm, the follicles woolly- villous; 2n=ca 114. Rich woods and moist bottomlands; coastal plain from se. Va. to Fla. and Tex. Apr.–June.

• Common Names

  bull-bay, southern magnolia