Real spice bush

Real spice bush
	Common spice bush ( Calycanthus floridus )
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Magnoliids
Order :	Laurels (Laurales)
Family :	Spice shrub family (Calycanthaceae)
Genre :	Spice Shrubs ( Calycanthus )
Type :	Real spice bush
Scientific name
	Calycanthus floridus
	L.

The real spice shrub ( Calycanthus floridus ) is a species of the genus spice bushes in the family of the spice shrub plants (Calycanthaceae). The German common name goes back to the characteristic smells of wood, bark and flowers. As a further trivial names are allspice and Specereistrauch occupied.

description

Illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Fruits and seeds

Deciduous leaves and flower

Vegetative characteristics

The real spice shrub grows as a shrub and reaches heights of up to 3 meters. It forms runners through which vegetative propagation is possible. The smell of the wood and the bark is reminiscent of cloves .

The stalked leaves have a length of up to 12 centimeters. The upper side of the leaf is green and the underside gray-green and densely hairy.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from June to July. The flowers are single. The dark red flowers are up to 5 centimeters in diameter and have an intense smell of strawberries .

Occurrence

The real spice shrub is widespread in southeastern North America and occurs from Pennsylvania to the southeastern United States.

Calycanthus floridus var. Glaucus

Systematics

Two varieties can be distinguished:

Calycanthus floridus var. Floridus : It is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Calycanthus floridus var. Glaucus (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray (Syn .: Calycanthus glaucus Willd. , Calycanthus fertilis Walter ): It occurs in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Caolina and South Carolina.

use

The real spice bush is used in the temperate areas as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens. It prefers sunny or light partially shaded locations.

GDR postage stamp with an illustration of the real spice bush from 1981

symbolism

In 1981 a stamp was issued in the GDR with a graphic representation of the real spice bush.

literature

Hermann Göritz : Deciduous trees and conifers for gardens and landscapes , VEB Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag Berlin 1976, page 36.

Individual evidence

↑ Profile of the University of Hohenheim. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hanover 1882, page 74 f. ( online ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Calycanthus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 23, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Real Spice Shrub ( Calycanthus floridus ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[UniHohenheim-1] Profile of the University of Hohenheim. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2

[Pritzel1882-2] Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hanover 1882, page 74 f. ( online ).

[WCSP-3] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Calycanthus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 23, 2020.