Cyrilla parvifolia Rafinesque. Common name: Littleleaf Titi. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Flatwood pond margins, margins of wetland depressions in sandhills, and along drains through wet pine savannas. Distribution: S. GA and se. AL (Pike County) south into Panhandle FL and ne. FL (Gilchrist, Columbia, and Duval counties), disjunct in c. peninsular FL (Lake, Seminole, Orange, and Osceola counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: While generally very distinctive (notably in Apalachicola National Forest, FL), apparent intermediates are allegedly seen elsewhere (Thomas 1960; Kurz & Godfrey 1962); herbarium material seems straightforwardly divisible.
Synonymy ⓘ: = S, S13, Kurz & Godfrey (1962), Small (1924b); < Cyrilla parvifolia Raf. — NS; < Cyrilla racemiflora L. — Fl5, FNA8, GW2, K4, POWO, WH3, Thomas (1960); Cyrilla parvifolia Raf. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: < Cyrilla racemiflora - FNA8
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Height: 6 ft.
plant sale text: This shrub is native to Florida and Georgia, although it is winter-hardy in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. It has smaller leaves than its relative, C. racemiflora, and floral racemes that range from one to three inches in length. This is an excellent choice for smaller gardens. Small white flowers on drooping spikes have a delightful honey fragrance. Its handsome dark green fine-textured foliage is often tinged with red in the fall. Depending upon the weather, some foliage of the little-leaf titi often remains throughout the winter.
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native range: Florida & Georgia