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Schisandra glabra

Botanic Family

Schisandraceae

Author

(Brickell) Rehder

Common Names

• Bay Star Vine
• Wild Sarsparilla

Geographical Habitats

• Baja California Sur
• Hidalgo
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Aug (USA)

High-climbing shrub with twining stems. Leaves to 150mm long, undulate or shallowly toothed, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath. Fragrant 25mm monoecious red flowers, sepals to 50mm long, corolla to 200mm across, petals mostly crumson with a thickened claw. 10mm red berries in spikes to 70mm long

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• Kew