Illicium floridanum

Illicium floridanum (also known as purple anise, Florida anise, stink-bush, or star-anise) is an evergreen shrub native to the south-eastern United states especially Florida and Louisiana.

It is a close relative of the Chinese star anise but it is not edible.

The flowers are a very distinctive deep carmine red or maroon with narrow widely separated petals. The whole plant and especially the flowers have a distinctive fishy smell although the crushed foliage smells more like aniseed.

See also

Japanese star anise
Star anise
Illicium parviflorum

Translation

The phrase "Illicium floridanum" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Finnish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Hungarian: Bíboránizs, Norwegian (Bokmål): Floridaanis.