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View post as a PDF. 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.
18 mar 2024 · Yellow anise tree is a good choice for a hedge, screen, foundation planting, and border, as well as for woodland, shade, rain, and native plant gardens. Fruits, leaves, and seeds are poisonous.
Plant database entry for Yellow Anise (Illicium parviflorum) with 10 images, one comment, and 36 data details.
Yellow anise. Illicium parviflorum. 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. Dry conditions bring slower growth and a more restrained form.
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.
Yellow Anise. Other Common Names: Anise, Hardy Anise, Ocala Anise, Ocala Yellow Star, Small Anise Tree, Small Flowered Anise, Swamp Star Anise, Yellow Anis Tree. Family: Schisandraceae or sometimes segregated into its own family as the Illiciaceae. Cold Hardiness: Yellow Anise is useful in USDA hardiness zones 7(6b) to 10.
The slightly fragrant spring flowers are followed by brown, star-shaped, many-seeded pods that cling to the stems. The leaves of anise give off a distinctive fragrance of licorice when bruised or crushed. Figure 1. Full Form - Illicium parviflorum: Anise, Yellow Anisetree, Star Anise. Credit: Edward F. Gilman, UF/IFAS.
