American Snowbell
Styrax americanus
Styracaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
South Central U.S.A.
Source of plant
Seneca Hill Perennials, John Filkins, Roslyn Nursery
Description
Small, slender-stemmed shrub reaching 6' to 8' in height. Bell-shaped white flowers with highly reflexedlobes hang from the leaf axils in June and July; fruit is an obovoid, 1/3" long, grayish pubescent drupe which ripens in August and September.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5