STYRACACEAE - - Storax Family

Halesia tetraptera Ellis — Common Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell

Carolina Silverbell (Halesia tetraptera) - Usually a small to medium sized tree (large in var. monticola of the Appalachian Mountains). Leaves thinnish, deciduous; blades oval, elliptic, or obovate, 7—15cm long. Corolla white, with nearly erect lobes, 15—20mm long; fruit ellipsoid to ellipsoid-obovoid, 3.5—4.5cm long, 4-winged, short-beaked. The light-brown heart-wood is close-grained but light and soft.

Habitat:

Moist slopes, coves, creek-banks, bottomlands.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Halesia tetraptera (Common Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of plants still named Halesia carolina at UGA Herbarium (A synonym of H. tetraptera)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.

The Georgia range of Halesia tetraptera (Common Silverbell, Mountain Silverbell)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.