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Plant this shrub as a screen, a hedge, or along the back of a border in moist, shady areas. It also makes an excellent addition to a woodland garden or as a foundation plant. This plant is particularly resistant to damage by deer. Quick ID Hints: New leaves are soft yellow-green.
Yellow anise (Illicium parviflorum) is an evergreen shrub to small tree found in mesic hammocks, bluffs, ravines and seepage swamps. It is endemic to only seven Central Florida counties. Its dense evergreen foliage provides cover for birds and other wildlife.
Plant database entry for Yellow Anise (Illicium parviflorum) with 10 images, one comment, and 36 data details.
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Illicium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow anisetree, [1] yellow-anise, swamp star-anise, [3] and small anise tree, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae, or alternately, the Illiciaceae. It is native to Florida in the United States.
Dime-sized, drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers have a faint anise fragrance, but they’re hidden under new foliage in June. Noteworthy Characteristics On moist sites, yellow anise grows rapidly, rooting branches where they touch the ground.
I. parviflorum is an upright, rounded, suckering, evergreen shrub or small tree with elliptic, glossy, olive green leaves and inconspicuous, yellow flowers in late spring followed by star-like, green fruit.
