Styracaceae
American snowbell
Styrax americanus
- Family
- Styracaceae
- Genus
- Styrax
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- إصطرك أمريكي
- Chinese
- 美洲安息香
- English
- American snowbell
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sumpstyraks
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sumpstyraks
Synonyms
- Adnaria odorata Raf.
- Halesia parviflora Lindl.
- Styrax americanus f. genuinus Perkins
- Styrax americanus f. glaber Perkins
- Styrax americanus f. pulverulentus (Michx.) Perkins
- Styrax americanus var. americanus
- Styrax americanus var. laevis (Walter) Alph.Wood
- Styrax americanus var. pulverulentus (Michx.) Rehder
- Styrax angustifolius Buc'hoz
- Styrax glaber Cav.
- Styrax laevigatus Aiton
- Styrax laevis Walter
- Styrax octandrus L'Hér. ex Aiton
- Styrax pulverulentus Michx.
- Styrax pulverulentus Pursh
- Styrax rigidus Salisb.
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: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, 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.