Staphylea trifolia

Staphylea trifolia subsp. var.	Bladdernut, Eastern bladdernut
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Staphylea trifolia (American Bladdernut) is native to eastern North America, from southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec west to Nebraska and Arkansas, and south to Florida.

It is a medium sized shrub growing to 11 m tall. The leaves are opposite, compound with three leaflets, each leaflet up to 10 cm long and 5 cm broad, with a serrated margin. In spring, they produce pendant white flowers, followed by the bladder-like, teardrop-shaped fruits that contain several large black seeds.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Staphylea trifolia, Linn. American Bladder-nut. Upright shrub, with rather stout branches, 6-15 ft. high: lfts. oval to ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, slightly pubescent beneath or almost glabrous, 1 1/2-3 in. long: fls. about 1/3 in. long, in nodding panicles or umbel-like racemes; sepals greenish white, petals white: caps. much inflated, usually 3-lobed, l 1/3 - 2 in. long. April, May. Que. to Ont. and Minn., south to S. C. and Mo. Var. pauciflora, Zabel. Low and suckering: lfts. smaller, broader, glabrous at length: fls. in short, 3-8-fld. racemes: fr. often 2-lobed, 1 1/3 – 1 1/2 in. long. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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