Styrax platanifolius subsp. texanus (Cory) P.W.Fritsch

Texas snowbell (en)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Ericales > Styracaceae > Styrax > Styrax platanifolius

Characteristics

Young twigs faintly glaucous, glabrous except for scattered, orange-brown or dark-brown, stalked, stellate hairs proximally. Leaf blades: margins often weakly undulate, usually entire, rarely 3-lobed or coarsely toothed, abaxial surface with white stellate-tomentose pubescence in addition to scattered, orange-brown or dark-brown, stalked, stellate hairs on some leaves, surface completely covered and obscured by pubescence, adaxial surface glabrous. Pedicels white stellate-tomentose. Flowers: calyx thinly and evenly white stellate-tomentose, margins and teeth densely glandular, at least some teeth to 1 mm; style pubescent from proximal end to 15-35% of total length.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Styrax platanifolius subsp. texanus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999385-1
WFO ID wfo-0001243743
COL ID 7L56X
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Synonyms

Styrax texanus Styrax platanifolius subsp. texanus Styrax platanifolius var. texanus