Some people develop a bad headache after smelling California bay leaves. (How would you distinguish this species from Calycanthus occidentalis?) Be careful when smelling the crushed leaves for the first time - the strong smell is much more pungent than the bay leaves that we use for cooking (those are from another Lauraceae species Laurus nobilis). The leaves are simple, entire, alternate, evergreen, and very aromatic. This tree, is an important component of mixed evergreen forest in California it is often found on shady, moist, north-facing slopes in the coast ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills. Umbellularia californica "California bay" Lauraceae - a large, mostly tropical family with one species in California. The receptacle of the flowers is large and urn-shaped, resembling a hypanthium. When you see the fresh flowers (and you can see some of this on the herbarium specimen), note the large flowers with many free reddish tepals, many free stamens, and many free pistils. Later in the quarter, we will bring in fresh flowering material. At this time, the only fresh material that we have is in fruit, but look at the herbarium sheets of pressed flowering material. This shrub that is distinguished by its simple, entire, opposite, deciduous leaves that are very aromatic.
Calycanthaceae - a family found in China and North America with only one species in California.Ĭalycanthus occidentalis "spice bush, sweet shrub"
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