Staphylea colchica
Caucasian bladdernut · also Colchis bladdernut
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This rapidly-growing deciduous shrub or multi-trunked small tree, native to the Caucasus mountains, features finely serrated foliage, fragrant white bell-shaped blooms, and bladder-like fruits. It spreads by suckers, forming dense thickets, and grows best in well-drained, partly shaded to sunny locations, attracting bees, birds, and butterflies.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 70.00%—3.6 in
- 30.00%——
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%——
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 10–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Roots
- Invasive
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.6 in, mean 3.1 in, 90th percentile 4.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Other Staphylea in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
