WHAT: Styrax japonica is commonly known as Japanese snowbell. A deciduous tree, it is native to Japan and China and features delicate white bell-shaped flowers in the spring.

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Vol. 13, No. 1 (23 JULY 2019), pp. 249-251 (3 pages) Geographic range extensions are documented for the Asian species Styrax japonicus and S.