Illicium anisatum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Illicium anisatum
• PRONUNCIATION: ill-LISS-i-um an-ni-SATE-um
• COMMON NAME: Japanese Anise Tree
• FAMILY: Illiciaceae
• NATIVITY: China and Japan
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright oval to pyramidal.
• SIZE: 6 - 10'
• HARDINESS: Zone (7) 8 - 9
• CULTURE: Partial shade, in moist soils. Does not perform well in sun or dry sites.
• LANDSCAPE USE: More formal than I. floridanum, therefore, can be
  used in a more formal setting. Can still be used for naturalizing.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, oblong-elliptic, entire, 2 - 4" long and 3/4 -1" wide.
  Leaves borne perpendicular to slightly drooping on the stems.
• BUDS: Thick ovate buds.
• BARK: Grayish brown, reddish when young.
• FLOWERS: Many-flowered from the axils of leaves, 1" in diameter.
  Flowers are creamy in color with about 30 strap-like petals. Not fragrant.
• FRUIT: Follicle.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, Cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
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