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Staphylea
trifolia |
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American Bladdernut |
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Quebec to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia and
Missouri -
United States |
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Upright, heavily branched,
suckering shrub or small tree, often
wide-spreading. |
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10-15 feet tall with a spread
of 10-12 feet |
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Flowers are
greenish-white, bell-shaped, borne on nodding
panicles, not especially showy. |
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April-May |
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Leaves are opposite, pinnately
compound with 3 leaflets, each being 1˝-3
inches long, with an acuminate apex and sharply
serrate margins. |
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Fall color is a dull, pale
yellow. |
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Bark is light greenish-gray,
smooth, with horizontal, whitish stripes |
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Fruit is an inflated, 3 lobed
capsule, pale green changing to light brown,
ripening in September |
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