Myrica inodora

Species of flowering plant

Myrica inodora

Conservation status


Apparently Secure (NatureServe)

Scientific classification Edit this classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Clade:

Tracheophytes

Clade:

Angiosperms

Clade:

Eudicots

Clade:

Rosids

Order:

Fagales

Family:

Myricaceae

Genus:

Myrica

Species:

M. inodora

Binomial name

Myrica inodora
W. Bartram

Synonyms

Cerothamnus inodorus (W. Bartram) Small
Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small
Myrica laureola C. DC.
Myrica obovata C. DC.

Myrica inodora is a plant species native to the coastal plains on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Florida Panhandle, the extreme southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi, eastern Louisiana and southwestern Georgia. Common names include scentless bayberry, odorless bayberry, odorless wax-myrtle, waxberry, candleberry, and waxtree. It grows in swamps, bogs, pond edges and stream banks.

Myrica inodora is an evergreen, monoecious shrub or small tree up to 7 m (23 feet) tall. Leaves are ovate to elliptic, up to 12 cm (5 inches) long, lacking the odor characteristic of other members of the genus. Fruits are spherical or nearly so, up to 8 mm (0.3 inches) in diameter, covered with whitish wax and glandular hairs.

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