American snowbell Styracaceae Styrax americanus

Leaf:Alternate, simple, elliptical, 1 to 3 inches long, entire or with a few shallow teeth, star-shaped hairs on petiole (may occur on leaf blade as well), green above, paler below.
Flower:Attractive, bell-shaped, 1/2 inch long, 5 white, reflexed (with age) petals, hanging clusters of 1 to 4 flowers from leaf axils, appearing in mid to late spring.
Fruit:Egg shaped, hairy, dry drupe, 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch in diameter, turns a gray-brown when ripe in early fall.
Twig:Slender, gray-brown, zigzag, initially pubescent but becomes glabrous; leaf scar with 1 bundle scar; naked buds, small, blunt and scruffy.
Bark:Smooth, thin, dark gray-brown, when older develops very shallow fissures.
Form:Shrub to small tree with a spreading, open crown reaching up to 10 feet

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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