Swamp titi

Quick look

Cyrilla racemiflora, the sole species in the genus Cyrilla, is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southeastern United States, south through the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America to northern Brazil and Venezuela in South America.

• It belongs to the Cyrillaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub / a tree with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 10 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Mississippi. ^NatureServe
• In Mississippi, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in May–June. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as yellow. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as mid summer. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 30 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 407 research-grade sightings of it in Mississippi, ranking #57 among the 110 flowers on our Mississippi list. ^iNaturalist