Franklinia alatamaha Marshall

Common Name: Franklin Tree
Family: Theaceae D. Don

Country of Origin: Marshall County, Georgia, USA
Habitat: acidic bogs at the heads of sand-hill branches along Alatamaha River

Description: Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree with large white flowers; discovered in Georgia, USA in the 1700's and brought into cultivation at that time, it has not been seen in the wild since 1803 and is apparently extinct in the wild.

USDA Zone: 6a-9b

Accession Data:

Accession # 200900029
Source: Seed from North Carolina Arboretum
Accession Date: 03-24-2009
Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-22-2024
Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species - Extinct in the Wild

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: asterids
Order: Ericales
SubOrder:
Family: Theaceae
SubFamily: Larinae
Tribe: Gordonieae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

IUCN Redlist Extinct in the Wild

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Georgia

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
Franklinia alatamaha at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Francine Riez (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, 03 October, 2019.

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