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Sweetshrub

Calycanthus floridus

Photo by Meik Meißner
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Description:

I found this one on our campus, it is endemic in North-America. The flowers are produced in early summer after the leaves, they are 4-7 cm broad and have numerous spirally-arranged narrow dark red tepals. Strong scent.

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Calycanthus floridus L.

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