Halesia diptera, the two-wing silverbell or two-winged snowdrop tree, is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States from South Carolina and Florida west to eastern Texas. It is cultivated as an ornamental tree.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Two-wing Silverbell being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Halesia carolina
- Halesia tetraptera
- Styrax americanus
- Styrax grandifolius
- Sinojackia xylocarpa
- Styrax japonicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Styracaceae
- Genus
- Halesia
- Species
- Halesia diptera
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