Calycanthaceae
Eastern sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
- Family
- Calycanthaceae
- Genus
- Calycanthus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- فلفل كارولينا, كاليكنث مزهر
- arz
- كاليكانثوس فلوريدوس
- Catalan
- Calicant
- Chinese
- 美国蜡梅, 美國蠟梅
- Croatian
- Sazanik mirisni
- Czech
- Sazaník květnatý
- Danish
- Carolina-Kanelbusk
- English
- Eastern sweetshrub
- hsb
- Prawy korjeninowc
- Japanese
- クロバナロウバイ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krydderbusk
- Polish
- Kielichowiec wonny
- Russian
- Каликант цветущий
- Serbian
- Каликантус
- Swedish
- Kryddbuske
- Ukrainian
- Калікант квітний
Synonyms
- Beureria florida (L.) Kuntze
- Butneria florida (L.) Kearney
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jozicav at Slovenian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.