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California storax (Styrax officinalis)

Description

Styrax redivivus, with common names that include snowdrop bush, California styrax, bitternut, drug snowbell,and chaparral snowbell,is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. It is a rare plant, native to California, a shrub which can grow to 4 metres (13 ft) in height.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Styracaceae

              • Genus: Styrax