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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Moist, well-drained, rich soils.
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Shrubs, Poisonous, Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Woody, Perennial
Plant Height
6-12 ft.
Flower
The showy maroon-purple blooms have an unpleasant odor with many strap-shaped petals that nod on slender pedicels. They are foetid, cauliferous, up to 2" in diameter. Petals are ligulate. Flowers bloom in the spring (April-May).
Fruit
Plant produces a cluster of one-seeded dehiscent follicles arranged in a star-shaped whorl. Fruits are green to yellow to brown in color, less than an inch in diameter. Seeds are brown and shiny.
Benefits
Attracts
Pollinators
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Taxonomy
Order
Illiciales
Family
Illicium - Anise Trees
Genus
Illicium
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