Styracaceae
Carolina silverbell
Halesia carolina
- Family
- Styracaceae
- Genus
- Halesia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- هاليزية كارولينة, هاليزية ضيقة الثمار, هاليزية ميهانية
- arz
- هاليزيه كارولينه
- Chinese
- 小銀锺花, 小银钟花, 山银钟花, 北美银钟花, 四翅银钟花, 山地银钟花, 山銀锺花
- Croatian
- Majsko zvonce
- Czech
- Halézie karolínská
- English
- Carolina silverbell
- Finnish
- Carolinanlumikellopuu
- French
- Arbre aux cloches d'argent
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Snøklokketre
- Polish
- Ośnieża górska, Ośnieża karolińska odm. drzewiasta
- Swedish
- Snödroppsträd
Synonyms
- Carlomohria carolina (L.) Greene
- Carlomohria parviflora (Michx.) Greene
- Halesia carolina f. dialypetala (Rehder) C.K.Schneid.
- Halesia carolina subsp. monticola (Rehder) A.E.Murray
- Halesia carolina subsp. parviflora (Michx.) A.E.Murray
- Halesia carolina var. glabrescens (Lange) Perkins
- Halesia carolina var. laevigata (Schelle) Perkins
- Halesia carolina var. meehanii Perkins
- Halesia carolina var. mollis (Lange) Perkins
- Halesia carolina var. monticola Rehder
- Halesia carolina var. parviflora (Michx.) A.E.Murray
- Halesia meehanii (Sarg.) Meehan ex Prain
- Halesia monticola (Rehder) Sarg.
- Halesia monticola f. rosea Sarg.
- Halesia monticola var. rosea (Sarg.) Gall.
- Halesia monticola var. vestita Sarg.
- Halesia parviflora Michx.
- Halesia stenocarpa K.Koch
- Halesia tetraptera J.Ellis
- Halesia tetraptera f. dialypetala Rehder
- Halesia tetraptera f. stenocarpa (K.Koch) Voss
- Halesia tetraptera var. carnea Mouill.
- Halesia tetraptera var. glabrescens Lange
- Halesia tetraptera var. grandifolia Lavallée
- Halesia tetraptera var. laevigata Schelle
- Halesia tetraptera var. meehanii Sarg.
- Halesia tetraptera var. mollis Lange
- Halesia tetraptera var. monticola (Rehder) Reveal & Seldin
- Halesia tetraptera var. parviflora (Michx.) Schelle
- Halesia tetraptera var. rosea Pepin
- Mohria carolina (L.) Britton
- Mohria parviflora (Michx.) Britton
- Mohrodendron carolinum (L.) Britton
- Mohrodendron carolinum var. meehanii (Sarg.) Sarg.
- Mohrodendron meehanii Sudw.
- Mohrodendron parviflorum (Michx.) Britton
- Mohrodendron tetraptera (J.Ellis) Britton ex Ridgway
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.