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Cyrilla racemiflora

swamp cyrilla, swamp titi, titi
Habit Plants to 10 m, frequently forming dense thickets.
Leaves

petiole distinct;

blade green, oblanceolate to elliptic, 1–10 × 0.5–2.5 cm, chartaceous to coriaceous, base cuneate, apex acute, rounded, or emarginate.
Flowers

fragrant;

petals white or creamy white, 2.5–3.5 mm.
Fruits

ovoid to subglobose, 2–2.5 mm.

Cyrilla racemiflora
Phenology Flowering May–Jul, sometimes again Sep–Oct.
Habitat Bottomlands, swamps, stream margins, streamheads and baygalls, acidic seepage bogs, peat-based pocosins, Carolina bays, cypress-gum depressions in pine savannas, wet flatwoods
Elevation 0-200 m (0-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; DE; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; s Mexico; Central America; West Indies; n South America
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Discussion

Populations of Cyrilla racemiflora in northern Florida and southern Georgia often comprise individuals with smaller leaves (1–4 × 0.5–1 cm), inflorescences (4–9 cm), and petals (to 3 mm), and have been segregated by some authors as C. parvifolia (A. S. Weakley 2007). As noted by R. K. Godfrey and J. W. Wooten (1981) and other authors, this combination of characters represents but one extreme of a pattern of morphological intergradation so broad that only a single species can be recognized unequivocally.

Reproduction in Cyrilla racemiflora is largely vegetative. The shallow, nearly horizontal roots produce ascending shoots giving rise to extensive clones that often form dense thickets and may cover a sizeable area. The species is sometimes planted and has escaped locally, as in Delaware.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 369.
Parent taxa Cyrillaceae > Cyrilla
Synonyms C. arida, C. parvifolia, C. racemiflora var. subglobosa
Name authority Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 182. (1767)
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