Scientific
Name
Magnolia
Common Name
magnolia |
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Characteristics
 ID
hints- "southern magnolia"
- Stipular scar around twig **
- - Gigantic hairy buds**
- - Leaves elongate, leathery, entire
- Flowers in summer, gigantic, multipetals**
- Fruits fused into syncarp**
- - Fruits are follicules with beak**
- - Fruits with one red seed*
- "star magnolia" or "saucer magnolia"
- Leaves membranuous, often pubescent
- - Stipular scar around twig **
- Flowers gigantic, multipetals**
- - Flowers in spring before leaves
- - Flowers white or pale anthocyanin hues
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4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr.
Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department
of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University.
All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer
programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.Russell
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