OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/7/08):
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera   FAMILY Styracaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-001:

Halesia carolina   FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Halesia carolina

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Silverbell


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image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_857

        

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm0402b_17

February    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Bark dark bluish-gray, smooth & orange-striped on young stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm0402b_19

February    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Older bark blue-gray to brown, with scaly plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm0404y_33

April    Rutherford County    NC

Roadside

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm120424_524

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves oblong, ovate to elliptic or oblong-ovate; finely serrate, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Silverbell, Spicebush and Storax

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm160423_449

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Keith Bradley    kab_h_tetraptera_0754

April    Newberry County    SC

Lynch's Woods Park

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_319

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx 3-6mm long, the teeth or lobes minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_352

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_354

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4910_228

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4910_230

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves widely elliptic to obovate, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Roxanna Martin    rlm4910_242

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_halesia_tetraptera

April        

Petals united for most of their length, the tube longer than the lobes, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_halesia_tetraptera_3

April        

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Ron Lance    rwl1932_a

April        

Anthers just within the mouth of corolla tube, style slightly exserted, per Weakley's Flora (2008).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm090510_048

May    Greenville County    SC

Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5504

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm140625_332

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Fruit ellipsoid to slightly obovate in outline, broadly 4-winged, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm140625_339

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

JK Marlow    jkm210903_3247

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera, Common Silverbell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_tetraptera_tetrap_1

December    Floyd County    GA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/7/08):
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera   FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Halesia tetraptera var. tetraptera   FAMILY Styracaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 152-01-001:
Halesia carolina   FAMILY Styracaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Halesia carolina

 

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