Accession Data

Illicium parviflorum

Common Name: Swamp Star Anise

Family: Schisandraceae

Country of Origin: Florida, USA

Uses: Species is poisonous and is NOT A SUBSTITUTE for star anise (Illicium verum).

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession #: 198800038

Accession Date: 1987-07-15 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2307

Quantity: 1

Source: UMASS

Provenance:

Originally in EEB database as Illicium oliganorum. Discrepancy in specific epithet noted 19 June 2006 by Debra Hansen, UT Austin and name corrected to Illicium oligandrum in database. 

Further investigation indicates that this accession is most likely Illicium parviflorum.  Record changed October 2018.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: basal angiosperms

Order: Austrobaileyales

Family: Schisandraceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Illicium parviflorum at Floridata. Last accessed on Sunday, October 21, 2018.

Images

Illicium parviflorum