Snowdrop Bush;  Styrax officinalis

Late Bloomer.  Large shrub, pendulous flowers with long white petals.  Very pretty. Notes:  Storax family.  Many beautiful examples are downriver from Family Beach. Click on the species name to go to USDA for this plant. Kingdom Plantae -- Plants     Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants         Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants             Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants                 Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons                     Subclass Dilleniidae                         Order Ebenales                             Family Styracaceae -- Storax family                                 Genus Styrax L. -- snowbell                                     Species  Styrax officinalis L. [excluded]

Snowdrop Bush (Styrax officinalis)