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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Calycanthus''
| image = Floridus1f.UME.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Calycanthus floridus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Calycanthaceae]]
| genus = '''''Calycanthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Calycanthus''''' ('''sweetshrub''', '''spicebush''' or '''strawberry-bush''') is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Calycanthaceae]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[North America]]. The genus includes two to four species depending on taxonomic interpretation; two are accepted by the ''Flora of North America''.

This is a protected plant and must not be dug up in the wild under penalty.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}

They are [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s growing to 2-4 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, entire, 5-15 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in early summer after the leaves, 4-7 cm broad, with numerous spirally-arranged narrow dark red [[tepal]]s (resembling a small [[magnolia]] flower); they are strongly scented. The [[fruit]] is an elliptic dry [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 5-7 cm long, containing numerous [[seed]]s.

;Species
*''Calycanthus floridus'' ('''Carolina Sweetshrub'''). [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Ohio]] south to [[Mississippi]] and northern [[Florida]].
**''Calycanthus floridus'' var. ''floridus'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''C. mohrii''). Twigs pubescent.
**''Calycanthus floridus'' var. ''glaucus'' (syn. ''C. fertilis''). Twigs glabrous.
*''Calycanthus occidentalis'' ('''California Sweetshrub'''). [[California]] (widespread), [[Washington]] (local, [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] area).

==Related or potentially confused species==

The common name "spicebush" more often refers to shrubs of the [[Lindera]] genus (in another family of the [[Laurales]]), especially [[Lindera benzoin]].

==See also==
*[[Psychedelic plants]]

==External links==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=105270 ''Flora of North America'': ''Calycanthus'']
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/cafl22.htm ''Calycanthus floridus'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
[[Category:Laurales]]

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 {{Inc|
 Calycanthus (Kalyx and anthos, flower; the calyx is large and conspicuous). Syn. Butneria. Calycanthaceae. Carolina Allspice. Sweet-scented Shrub. Ornamental shrubs, cultivated chiefly for their fragrant flowers.
 Winter-buds small, without bud-scales, hidden by the base of petiole before the lvs. fall: lvs. opposite, petioled, entire: fls. with numerous imbricate sepals and no distinct petals; stamens many, short with innate anthers; pistils many, inclosed in a hollow receptacle: fr. caps.- like, formed like the rose-hip by the calyx-tube and containing numerous achenes.—Four species in N. Amer.
 These are deciduous shrubs of aromatic fragrance, with opposite rather large leaves usually rough above and brown or brownish usually fragrant flowers, terminal on leafy branchlets followed by a large capsule- like dry fruit. Except C. occidentalis, the species are hardy or nearly hardy North. They grow in almost any well-drained and somewhat rich soil, and succeed as well in shady as in sunny positions. Propagated by seeds sown in spring; also increased by layers put down in summer, and by suckers or division of older plants.
-}}
+C. Mohrii, Small. Shrub, 2-6 ft.: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate at the base, rounded to subcordate or broadly cuneate, densely pubescent beneath, 2-7 in. long: fls. purple, fragrant, more than 2 in. across. Tenn. and Als. Little-known species, very similar to C. floridus var. ovatus, but the fr. campanulate and not contracted at the mouth. It has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.—C. praecox. Linn.~Meratia praecox. Alfred rehdee.{{SCH}}
 }}
-'''''Calycanthus''''' ('''sweetshrub''', '''spicebush''' or '''strawberry-bush''') is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Calycanthaceae]], [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[North America]]. The genus includes two to four species depending on taxonomic interpretation; two are accepted by the ''Flora of North America''.
+==Cultivation==
-This is a protected plant and must not be dug up in the wild under penalty.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
+===Propagation===
-They are [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s growing to 2-4 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, entire, 5-15 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in early summer after the leaves, 4-7 cm broad, with numerous spirally-arranged narrow dark red [[tepal]]s (resembling a small [[magnolia]] flower); they are strongly scented. The [[fruit]] is an elliptic dry [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 5-7 cm long, containing numerous [[seed]]s.
+===Pests and diseases===
-;Species
+==Species==
 *''Calycanthus floridus'' ('''Carolina Sweetshrub'''). [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Ohio]] south to [[Mississippi]] and northern [[Florida]].
 **''Calycanthus floridus'' var. ''floridus'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''C. mohrii''). Twigs pubescent.
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 *''Calycanthus occidentalis'' ('''California Sweetshrub'''). [[California]] (widespread), [[Washington]] (local, [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] area).
-==Related or potentially confused species==
+==Gallery==
-The common name "spicebush" more often refers to shrubs of the [[Lindera]] genus (in another family of the [[Laurales]]), especially [[Lindera benzoin]].
+<gallery>
-==See also==
+==References==
-*[[Psychedelic plants]]
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=105270 ''Flora of North America'': ''Calycanthus'']
+*{{wplink}}
-*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/cafl22.htm ''Calycanthus floridus'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
-[[Category:Laurales]]
+{{stub}}

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 Winter-buds small, without bud-scales, hidden by the base of petiole before the lvs. fall: lvs. opposite, petioled, entire: fls. with numerous imbricate sepals and no distinct petals; stamens many, short with innate anthers; pistils many, inclosed in a hollow receptacle: fr. caps.- like, formed like the rose-hip by the calyx-tube and containing numerous achenes.—Four species in N. Amer.
 These are deciduous shrubs of aromatic fragrance, with opposite rather large leaves usually rough above and brown or brownish usually fragrant flowers, terminal on leafy branchlets followed by a large capsule- like dry fruit. Except C. occidentalis, the species are hardy or nearly hardy North. They grow in almost any well-drained and somewhat rich soil, and succeed as well in shady as in sunny positions. Propagated by seeds sown in spring; also increased by layers put down in summer, and by suckers or division of older plants.
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		+	Calycanthus (Kalyx and anthos, flower; the calyx is large and conspicuous). Syn. Butneria. Calycanthaceae. Carolina Allspice. Sweet-scented Shrub. Ornamental shrubs, cultivated chiefly for their fragrant flowers.
		+	Winter-buds small, without bud-scales, hidden by the base of petiole before the lvs. fall: lvs. opposite, petioled, entire: fls. with numerous imbricate sepals and no distinct petals; stamens many, short with innate anthers; pistils many, inclosed in a hollow receptacle: fr. caps.- like, formed like the rose-hip by the calyx-tube and containing numerous achenes.—Four species in N. Amer.
		+	These are deciduous shrubs of aromatic fragrance, with opposite rather large leaves usually rough above and brown or brownish usually fragrant flowers, terminal on leafy branchlets followed by a large capsule- like dry fruit. Except C. occidentalis, the species are hardy or nearly hardy North. They grow in almost any well-drained and somewhat rich soil, and succeed as well in shady as in sunny positions. Propagated by seeds sown in spring; also increased by layers put down in summer, and by suckers or division of older plants.
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