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Calycanthus occidentalis
Also called California Spicebush, California Allspice, Spicebush, Sweetshrub, California Sweetshrub, Californian Allspice, Sweet Shrub
Western sweetshrub is a deciduous shrub native to moist canyons and stream banks in California's foothills, valued for its aromatic leaves and dark burgundy flowers. It does best in cool, moist soil with some shade.
Calycanthus occidentalis, commonly called spice bush or western sweetshrub, is a species of flowering shrub in the family Calycanthaceae that is native to California. It grows along streams and moist canyons in the foothills of mountains.
Calycanthus occidentalis is endemic to California, and found throughout much of the state from as far north as the Klamath Mountains and as far south as the San Joaquin Valley. Past collections in Washington have been found to have escaped cultivation, and are not naturally occurring. It grows along streams and on moist canyon slopes at elevations of 200–1,600 m (700–5,200 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calycanthus occidentalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
