Yellow Star Anise

The natural range of this plant is quite limited, but it has become a native landscaping favorite over a much broader range.



Hedges, specimen shrubs, screens, foundation plantings.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Bottomland forest, hydric hammock, baygall, banks of spring run and seepage streams, wet upland mixed forest. Can be seen near several of the spring runs in Ocala National Forest.

• Interesting foliage
• Insect pollinated.