Illicium parviflorum

• BOTANICAL NAME: Illicium parviflorum
• PRONUNCIATION: ill-LISS-i-um par-vi-FLOR-um
• COMMON NAME: Yellow Anise Tree
• FAMILY: Illiciaceae
• NATIVITY: Georgia and Florida, in the coastal plain, in sandy swamps and wet areas
• GROWTH HABIT: Upright oval to pyramidal but suckering to form thickets.
• SIZE: 10 - 20'
• HARDINESS: Zone 7 - 9
• CULTURE: Sun to shade, growing best in partial shade. Likes ample moisture
  but will tolerate dry site better than other Illicium.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Good for naturalization due to its suckering habit.
  In other landscapes, suckers need to be controlled to maintain a consistent plant.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, oval-elliptic, 2 - 4" long, 1 - 2" wide. Leaves toward the
  tip are usually held at 45o to the stem. Leaves with a pleasant anise odor.
• BUDS:
• BARK:
• FLOWERS: In the axils of the leaves, small, 1/2" in diameter or less, yellow-green
  without any odor. Flowers in May - June.
• FRUIT: Follicle.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cutting.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS: