GENUS CODE: CALYC5 GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Calycanthus GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Sweetshrub GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 2-4 species, 2 (or 1) of e. North America, 1 of w. North America, and 1 of China (the latter sometimes segregated as a separate genus, Sinocalycanthus). GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Johnson in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Nicely (1965)=Z; Ferry & Ferry (1987)=Y.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: CALYCA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Calycanthaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1819 FAMILY COMMON: Sweet-shrub Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of 4 genera and about 8 species, shrubs and trees, of temperate e. China, temperate e. North America, temperate w. North America, and tropical ne. Australia. FAMILY REFERENCE: Nicely (1965); Wood (1958); Li et al. (2004); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Sep. DISTRIBUTION
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NATIVE RANGE: eastern United States HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: This southeastern native shrub produces fragrant reddish-brown flowers in late spring. Try planting smooth sweetshrub as part of a shrub border near your house so you can enjoy the strawberry- pineapple fragrance of its flowers. Its foliage turns bright yellow in the fall. The Cherokee Indians used the root and bark to treat kidney ailments. By lightly pruning after flowering, you can keep smooth sweetshrub more compact.
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SOIL MOISTURE:
Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE:
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 4
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 9
GERMINATION CODE: 2
WILDLIFE VALUE:
Bee Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:
This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Calycanthus floridus
COMMON NAME: Sweet-shrub, Strawberry-shrub, Carolina Allspice, Sweet Bubby-bush
SYNONYMY: [= Il, Va; > C. floridus Linnaeus var. floridus - Fl, FNA, GW, K, Pa, RAB, WH3, Y, Z; > C. floridus Linnaeus var. glaucus (Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray - C, Fl, FNA, K, WH3, Y; > C. floridus var. laevigatus (Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray - GW, Pa, RAB, Z; > C. floridus - F; > C. fertilis Walter - F, G; > C. floridus - S; > C. mohrii Small - S; > C. fertilis - S; > C. nanus Loiseleur - S; > C. floridus var. oblongifolius (Nuttall) Boufford & Spongberg]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-May; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Forested slopes and streambanks.
COMMENTS: PA, WV, and KY, south to GA, nw. FL, AL, and s. MS. Two varieties have traditionally been recognized, var. floridus with pubescent twigs, petioles, and leaf undersurfaces, and var. glaucus with glabrous (or sparsely pubescent) twigs, petioles, and leaf undersurfaces. They have broadly overlapping distributions and variable characters and seem best considered as taxonomically uninformative variation. The outer edges of the natural original distribution are somewhat unclear, because of extensive cultivation for centuries.
RANGE MAP: Calycanthus floridus.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Calycanthaceae Lindley 1819 (Sweet-shrub Family) SUMMARY: A family of 4 genera and about 8 species, shrubs and trees, of temperate e. China, temperate e. North America, temperate w. North America, and tropical ne. Australia. REFERENCE: Nicely (1965); Wood (1958); Li et al. (2004); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Calycanthus L. (Sweetshrub) SUMMARY: A genus of 2-4 species, 2 (or 1) of e. North America, 1 of w. North America, and 1 of China (the latter sometimes segregated as a separate genus, Sinocalycanthus). REFERENCE: Johnson in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Nicely (1965)=Z; Ferry & Ferry (1987)=Y.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Calycanthus floridus in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Calycanthus floridus in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)