WorldFloraDB - Illicium floridanum

Characteristics

Leaves: petiole 6-26 mm. Leaf blade dark olive-green, elliptic to lanceolate, 5-21 × 1.5-6 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers 2.5-5 cm diam.; peduncle 1-11 cm; bracteoles 3-6; tepals 21-33, red-maroon, rarely white or pink, inner tepals ligulate; stamens 25-50; pistils 11-21. Fruit aggregates collectively 2.5-4 cm diam., usually with 10-15 pistils at maturity. Seeds pale brown. 2 n = 26.

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An evergreen shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The flowers are red. The seed pods are star shaped.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.5

Mature height (meter)

2.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Lowland wet areas, often in sandy soils along streams, swamps and at the head of bays, in light woodland and thickets.

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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 7-9. Arboretum Tasmania.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-