Illicium floridanum Ellis

PLANTS OF ALABAMA, USA
Hlicium floridanum Ellis
Illiciaceae
Det.: S.R.Hill (ILLS) January 2017
BIBB COUNTY 32.911803° N. Lat. 087.028613° W.
Long. West side of Sandy Creek, CH29, road to Liberty
Free Will Baptist Church, 0.2 mile west of US Rt. 82
[mile 92], Trio. Elevation 355 feet.
Mesic to moist forest, alluvial, with pines, Acer
rubrum, Trillium sp.. Flowers garnet-red, pendulous;
locally common shrub 6-7 feet tall, leaves evergreen,
soft-leathery, spicy-fragrant when crushed.
Steven R. Hill 39634
09 April 2016
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