Illicium parviflorum
yellow star anise
Illiciaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
15-20 ft tall by 10-15 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
yellow
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
Evergreen. Blooms in spring. Fruits ripen late summer-fall.
Noted For:
Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Hedges, specimen shrubs, screens, foundation plantings.
Considerations:
Light:
Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Stays wet ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Insect pollinated.
Native Habitats:
Bottomland forest, hydric hammock, baygall, banks of spring run and seepage streams, wet upland mixed forest. Can be seen near several of the spring runs in Ocala National Forest.
