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Staphylea trifolia

Staphylea bolanderi

American bladdernut, staphylier à trois folioles

bladdernut, Sierra bladdernut
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. Plants 2–6 m. Leaves: leaflet blades widely ovate to widely elliptic or ± round, (2–)2.5–8(–15) cm, margins crenulate-serrulate, apex short-acuminate to apiculate, glabrous.
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.

cylindro-campanulate;

sepals white, 5–7(–9) mm;

petals narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 7–8(–12) mm, apex not recurved;

filaments exserted, 9–10(–15) mm, longer than petals, glabrous;

pistils glabrous, styles equal to or surpassing stamens.
Capsules

obovoid, 3–5 cm.

ellipsoid, (2.5–)3.5–4(–5.5) cm.
2n

= 72.

Staphylea trifolia

Staphylea bolanderi
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Deciduous forests, often humid, often at bases of rocky slopes, floodplain woods, thickets, stream banks Chaparral, foothill woodlands, yellow pine forests, slopes, canyon sides
Elevation 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) (200–)300–1400 m ((700–)1000–4600 ft)
Distribution
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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.)

Staphylea bolanderi occurs in the foothills and at the lower elevations of the Cascades and Klamath ranges, the Sierra Nevada, and the Tehachapi Mountains.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 8. FNA vol. 9, p. 8.
Parent taxa Staphyleaceae > Staphylea Staphyleaceae > Staphylea
Sibling taxa
S. bolanderi
S. trifolia
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 270. (1753) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 69. (1874)
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