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'''Calycanthus''' ('sweetshrub', 'spicebush' or 'strawberry-bush') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Calycanthaceae, endemic to North America. The genus includes two to four species depending on taxonomic interpretation; two are accepted by the ''Flora of North America''.
This is a protected plant and must not be dug up in the wild under penalty.
They are deciduous shrubs growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaves are opposite, entire, 5-15 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The flowers are produced in early summer after the leaves, 4-7 cm broad, with numerous spirally-arranged narrow dark red tepals (resembling a small magnolia flower); they are strongly scented. The fruit is an elliptic dry capsule 5-7 cm long, containing numerous seeds.
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★ ''Calycanthus floridus'' ('Carolina Sweetshrub'). Pennsylvania and Ohio south to Mississippi and northern Florida.

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★ ''Calycanthus floridus'' var. ''floridus'' (syn. ''C. mohrii''). Twigs pubescent.

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★ ''Calycanthus floridus'' var. ''glaucus'' (syn. ''C. fertilis''). Twigs glabrous.

★ ''Calycanthus occidentalis'' ('California Sweetshrub'). California (widespread), Washington (local, Seattle area).

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Related or potentially confused species

The common name "spicebush" more often refers to shrubs of the Lindera genus (in another family of the Laurales), especially Lindera benzoin.

See also

★ Psychedelic plants

External links

★ ''Flora of North America'': ''Calycanthus''

★ ''Calycanthus floridus'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu