| Scientific Name | Cephalanthus occidentalis | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Madder ( Rubiaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 4 minute petals
Shrub or small tree 5-13 feet, in moist soil. Flower: Spring-summer; white; fragrant; in showy round heads 1inch in diameter. Flowers are trumpet shaped with 4 minute lobes. Stamens protrude beyond petals. Leaves: Deciduous, simple, opposite or whorled; blade elliptic to lanceolate, 2-8 inches. Fruit: Dense round head composed of many brown capsules. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Delena Tull, George Oxford Miller Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas p. 269 Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers, Revised Edition (2006) p. 207 | |||||||||||||
June - September
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Location - Moist soil |
| Photographed at edge of 'old river'. Normally found along streams, in swamps and wet areas. |