Sassafras albidum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Lauraceae
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
sassafras, white sassafras
Sassafras: name applied by early French settlers in Florida
albidum: white

Status:	Extirpated
Plant:	perennial shrub
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Laurus albida Nutt.
Laurus sassafras L.
Laurus variifolia Salisb.
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees var. molle (Raf.) Fernald
Sassafras officinale T.Nees ex Eberm.
Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst.
Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze

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