Topic summary
Sweetshrub
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Calycanthus.
Species
- Calycanthus brockianusFerry & Ferry f.—north central Georgia; has greenish rather than brownish red flowers, and may only be a triploid color variant of C. floridus.
- Calycanthus chinensis(W.C.Cheng & S.Y.Chang) W.C.Cheng & S.Y.Chang ex P.T.Li (syn. Sinocalycanthus sinensis)—Chinese sweetshrub, Chinese wax shrub, native to eastern China, with white flowers
- Calycanthus floridusL.—Carolina spicebush, eastern sweetshrub, native to the Eastern United States, from New York and Missouri, south through the Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, and Mississippi Valley, to Louisiana, and east to northern Florida
- C. f. var. floridus (syn.C. mohrii)—eastern sweetshrub; twigs pubescent (hairy)
- C. f. var. glaucus (syn. C. fertilis)—eastern sweetshrub; twigs glabrous (smooth).