Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_1608.JPG-05-26-2019
Flower name (scientific): Staphylea trifolia Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) staf-FY-lee-a try-FOH-lee-a
Flower name (common): American bladdernut
Family name (common): Bladdernut
Family name (scientific): Staphyleaceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: For cluster, referring to the arrangement of the flowers.
    Specific epithet: Having three leaflets.
Common name origin: From the native habitat and the bladder-like fruit capsule.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.2 to 0.4 inches (0.5 to 1.0 cm)
     Petal count: 5
     Color: white
     Other: flower arrangement, Panicle
Plant description:
     Size: 72 to 192 inches (1.8 to 4.9 m)
     Stem hairy:
     Other:
Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is compound
     Size: Leaflets up to 10 to 13 cm long and up to 2.5 to 6 cm wide.
     Color:
     Hairy:
     Other: Shape: leaf, trifoliate (IL), leaflet, elliptic to widely obovate (FNA), ovate (IL)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): April to June
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Woodlands, thickets, streambanks, semi-shade, mesic.
Fruit:
Seed:
Importance to wildlife:
Similar species (if any): When in bloom, or when seed capsules are present, no close lookalikes.
Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki utilized the twigs to make pipe stems. They also used the seeds in their gourd rattles that were employed during the dream and medicine dances (Smith, p. 248, 1928).
Latitude: 44.796090
Longitude: -91.501707
Altitude: 271.70
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Barron, Brown, Burnett, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Marinette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vernon, Washington, Waukesha, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (ON, QC) Click here for distribution map
References:
Synonym(s):
Basionym: na
Homotypic Synonym(s):
Heterotypic Synonym(s):
Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): FAC
Wetland Status (MW): FAC