Staphylea trifolia |
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American bladdernut, staphylier à trois folioles |
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Habit | Plants suckering, 2–4(–5) m. Leaves: leaflet blades elliptic to widely obovate, 4.5–13 cm, margins serrulate to serrate, apex acuminate, abaxial surfaces ± villous, densely when young, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Flowers | campanulate; sepals pale greenish, greenish pink to pale pink to whitish, 4–7 mm; petals spatulate, 6–8 mm, apex recurved; filaments not or barely exserted, 6–8 mm, equal to or slightly longer than petals, basally villous; pistils villous, styles ± equal to stamens. |
Capsules | obovoid, 3–5 cm. |
2n | = 72. |
Staphylea trifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Deciduous forests, often humid, often at bases of rocky slopes, floodplain woods, thickets, stream banks |
Elevation | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC
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Discussion | Leaves of Staphylea trifolia are sometimes 5-foliolate. The relationship of Staphylea trifolia with the northern Mexican S. pringlei S. Watson remains to be determined. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 8. |
Parent taxa | Staphyleaceae > Staphylea |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 270. (1753) |
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