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Chionanthus virginicus
White Fringetree
Old-man's Beard
Synonym(s): Chionanthus henryae
Florida native
The drooping clusters of white flowers are distinctive on this small tree of stream banks, wet hammocks and floodplain forests. The corolla is deeply 4-lobed, the lobes being linear and 2-3 cm long. The fruit is 1-1.5 cm long.
Chionanthus virginicus is a member of the Oleaceae - Olive family.
Other species of the Chionanthus genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Chionanthus pygmaeus - PIGMY FRINGETREE
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Feb 04, 2019
