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Western Sweetshrub

Calycanthus occidentalis Hook. & Arn.

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Calycanthus occidentalis grows in the northern Coast Range, the southern Cascades Range, and the western Sierra Nevada. It is ecologically similar to C . f loridus ; it consistently differs from that taxon in a number of vegetative and floral characteristics. Because of an apparent lack of hardiness, C . occidentalis is cultivated less often than C . floridus .

Some American Indians used scraped bark of Calycanthus occidentalis medicinally in treating severe colds (D. E. Moerman 1986).

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Shrubs , to 4 m. Lateral bud exposed. Petiole 5-10 mm, pubescent to glabrous. Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, 5-15 × 2-8 cm, base rounded to nearly cordate, apex acute to obtuse; surfaces abaxially green, pubescent to glabrous. Flowers : hypanthium campanulate or ovoid-campanulate at maturity, 2-4 × 1-2 cm; tepals linear to linear-spatulate or ovate-elliptic, 2-6 × 0.5-1 cm, apex rounded; stamens 10-15, linear to oblong-linear. 2 n = 22.
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Distribution

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Calif., Wash.
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Flowering late spring-early fall, fruiting mid fall.
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Along streams and on moist canyon slopes; 200-1600m.
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Synonym

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Butneria occidentalis (Hooker & Arnott) Greene
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Comprehensive Description

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Calycanthus occidentalis H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 340. 1838
Butneria occidentalis Greene, Erythea 1 : 207. 1893.
A branching shrub, 1-3 m. high ; leaf-blades thick, oblong-lanceolate, ovate or broadly ovate, 7-20 cm. long, acute at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces and strongly scabrous above when mature ; flowers brownish-purple, the upper portion often fading tawny-brown when drying; sepals and petals 1 in ear-spat ulate, 1-3 cm. long ; pseudocarp campanulate or ovoid-campanulate.
Type locality : California.
Distribution : California, in the Coast Range.
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Frederick Vernon Coville, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Allan Gleason, John Kunkel Small, Charles Louis Pollard, Per Axel Rydberg. 1908. GROSSULARIACEAE, PLATANACEAE, CROSSOSOMATACEAE, CONNARACEAE, CALYCANTHACEAE, and ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Calycanthus occidentalis

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Calycanthus occidentalis, commonly called spice bush or western sweetshrub,[3] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Calycanthaceae that is native to California and, according to some sources, Washington state. It grows along streams and moist canyons in the foothills of mountains.

Description

Calycanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub that can reach a height of 4 m (13 ft). Its leaves are opposite, and grow to about 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long and 2–8 cm (0.8–3.1 in) wide. They are more-or-less ovate with acute tips, a rounded base. The flowers appear from late spring to early fall. The flowers do not have distinctive sepals and petals, but have swirls of dark red to burgundy colored petal-like structures called tepals, 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 in) long and 0.5–1 cm (0.2–0.4 in) wide. The flowers open to about 5 cm (2 in) wide. The tepals enclose about 10–15 stamens.[4][5] The flowers are pollinated by beetles of the family Nitidulidae.[6]

Distribution and habitat

Calycanthus occidentalis is native to California and, according to some sources, Washington.[2][3][4] It grows along streams and on moist canyon slopes at elevations of 200–1,600 m (700–5,200 ft).[4]

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ a b c "Calycanthus occidentalis Hook. & Arn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Calycanthus occidentalis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Johnson, George P. "Calycanthus occidentalis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America (online). eFloras.org. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ Johnson, George P.; Fosiée, Tahbaz. "Calycanthus occidentalis Sweet-shrub, Spicebush". Jepson eFlora. The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ^ Gottsberger, Gerhard; Gottsberger, Brigitte; Silberbauer-Gottsberger, Ilse; Stanojlovic, Vesna; Cabrele, Chiara & Dötterl, Stefan (2021). "Imitation of fermenting fruits in beetle-pollinated Calycanthus occidentalis (Calycanthaceae)". Flora. 274. 151732. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2020.151732.
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Calycanthus occidentalis: Brief Summary

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Calycanthus occidentalis, commonly called spice bush or western sweetshrub, is a species of flowering shrub in the family Calycanthaceae that is native to California and, according to some sources, Washington state. It grows along streams and moist canyons in the foothills of mountains.

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