Accession Data

Franklinia alatamaha

Common Name: Franklin Tree

Family: Theaceae

Country of Origin: Marshall County, Georgia, USA

Description: Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree with large white flowers; discovered in Georgia, USA in the 1700's and brought into cultivation at that time, it has not been seen in the wild since 1803 and is apparently extinct in the wild.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 6a-9b

Accession #: 200900029

Accession Date: 2009-03-24 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2308

Quantity: 1

Source: Seed from North Carolina Arboretum

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: asterids

Order: Ericales

Family: Theaceae

SubFamily: Larinae

Tribe: Gordonieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
  2. Franklinia alatamaha at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Francine Riez (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
  4. In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, 03 October, 2019.

Images

Franklinia alatamaha
Franklinia alatamaha