Schisandraceae

Yellow anisetree

Illicium parviflorum Michx. ex Vent.

Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Illicium

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Yellow anisetree: Illicium parviflorum/yellow anise flower — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Andrew69. assumed, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: إلسيوم صغير الأزهار, إليسيوم صغير الأزهار
arz: ليسوم صغير الازهار
Chinese: 黄八角
English: Yellow anisetree
Hungarian: Sárgaánizs
Russian: Бадьян мелкоцветковый, Иллициум мелкоцветковый
Vietnamese: Hồi lá nhỏ

Synonyms

Badianifera parviflora (Michx. ex Vent.) Kuntze
Cymbostemon parviflorus (Michx. ex Vent.) Spach

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Andrew69. assumed, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: HEATHER BATES, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: novvictan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nash Turley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.