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Accession Data:

Cephalanthus occidentalis Sugar Shack L.

  • Common Name: Buttonbush, Honeybells
  • Family: Rubiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: E. Canada to C. America, Cuba
  • Habitat: wetlands

  • Culture: A wetland plant, this should be kept damp at all times and not allowed to dry out.
  • USDA Zone: 5-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600047
  • Source: Burpees
  • Provenance:
    • Burpee Item#28501
    • Proven Winners cultivar 'Sugar Shack'
  • Accession Date: 06-10-2016
  • Bench: 2309 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-16-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      cephalanthin
    • PPAF - Plant Patent Applied For - no propagation/redistribution of plants permitted

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • SubFamily: Cinchonoideae
  • Tribe: Cephalantheae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Brunswick / Ontario / Québec / Illinois / Minnesota / Missouri / Nebraska / Oklahoma / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / Arizona / California / Utah / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Guatemala / Honduras / Cuba

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, June 10, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, June 10, 2016.
  3. Cephalanthus occidentalis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, June 10, 2016.
  4. Cephalanthus occidentalis at UConn Plants Database. Last accessed on Friday, June 10, 2016.
  5. Buttonbush at Ethnobotany of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands, University of Texas at Austin. Last accessed on Monday, August 29, 2016.

data regenerated on Sat, 10 May 2025 13:46:37 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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