Staphylea trifolia

Staphylea trifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Crossosomatales
Family:Staphyleaceae
Genus:Staphylea
Species: S. trifolia
Binomial name
Staphylea trifolia

Staphylea trifolia, the American bladdernut,[1] is native to eastern North America, from southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec west to Nebraska and Arkansas, and south to Florida.

It is a medium-sized shrub growing to 11 m (36 ft) tall.[2] Its growth rate is medium to fast. The leaves are opposite and divided into three leaflets, each leaflet 4.5–13 cm (2–5 in) long[3] and 5 cm (2 in) broad, with a serrated margin.[2] The leaves are bright green in the spring, turning dark green in the summer. S. trifolia produces pendant white flowers in spring, which mature into bladder-like, teardrop-shaped fruits that contain several large black seeds.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Staphylea trifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Tenaglia, Dan. "Staphylea trifolia page". Missouri Plants. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. ↑ Brouillet, Luc (2014). "Staphylea trifolia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 9. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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