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Lindera benzoin (commonly called spicebush, [2] common spicebush, [3] northern spicebush, [4] wild allspice, [5] or Benjamin bush) [2] is a shrub in the laurel family. It is native to eastern North America , growing in the understory in moist, rich woods.
Lindera obtusiloba, the blunt-lobed spice bush, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family Lauraceae, native to China, Korea and Japan.It is a spreading deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall and wide, with glossy aromatic leaves and deep yellow flowers which appear in spring before the leaves. [1]
The leaves are alternate, entire or three-lobed, and strongly spicy-aromatic. Lindera are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The inflorescences are composed of 3 to 15 small flowers existing as pseudo-umbels. They are sessile or on short shoots.
Calycanthus floridus, or commonly known as the eastern sweetshrub, Carolina all spice, or spicebush, [3] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Calycanthaceae. [4] It is identifiable by its dark red flowers and fragrant scent. It is non-invasive and is found in the Southeastern United States region.
The eggs of the spicebush swallowtail are greenish white in color, are fairly large and are laid one or two at a time on a spicebush leaf. Once hatched, the young larvae chew through the leaf from the edge to the midrib, about 3 ⁄ 4 of an inch (19 mm) from the tip of the leaf. The larva lies on the midrib and exudes silk.
Lindera melissifolia, common name pondberry or southern spicebush, is a stoloniferous, deciduous, aromatic shrub in the laurel family.This endangered species is native to the southeastern United States, and its demise is associated with habitat loss from extensive drainage of wetlands for agriculture and forestry.
The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto ) included the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the tropical ...
It is a dicotyledonous plant that can reach heights up to 1.5 m. Its leaves are lanceolate, 4–14 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide. The color of the leaves can be white, green or grey and hairy on both sides. [12] They are bitter, acrid and thermogenic. [3] The rather small flowers grow as 4–12 cm long spikes at the end of branches or in leaf axils.