Staphylea trifolia
American bladdernut
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Staphylea trifolia, also known as American bladdernut, is a medium-sized shrub growing up to 11 ft tall. It features bright green trifoliate leaves, pendant white spring flowers, and distinctive bladder-like fruits containing edible, popcorn-like seeds. This species is sometimes used as an ornamental plant.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 190.04%—0.4 in
- 120.01%18 yr9.0 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 11 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 0.4 in, mean 3.7 in, 90th percentile 9.0 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
- Mississippi lowland forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Central US forest-grasslands transition
Other Staphylea in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
