Schisandraceae

Florida anisetree

Illicium floridanum J.Ellis

Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Illicium

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Florida anisetree (Illicium floridanum) — FlowerPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: ليسوم فلوريدا, إليسيوم فلوريدي, ليسوم فلوريدي, ليسوم معرق, ليسوم مكسيكي, إليسيوم معرق
arz: ليسوم فلوريدا
Chinese: 多花八角
English: Florida anisetree
Hungarian: Bíboránizs
Norwegian Bokmål: Floridaanis

Synonyms

Badianifera floridana (J.Ellis) Kuntze
Illicium floridanum f. album F.G.Mey. & Mazzeo
Illicium mexicanum A.C.Sm.
Illicium reticulatum Raf.

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 276 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel McNair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: laalv1, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 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.