Styrax hemsleyanus

Styrax hemsleyanus (老鸹铃),^[1] the Hemsley snowball, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae, native to central China. Growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall^[2] by 5 m (16 ft) broad, it is a conical deciduous tree with large rounded leaves, 12 cm (5 in) long, and clusters of cup-shaped flowers in early summer.^[3][4]

Styrax hemsleyanus
S. hemsleyanus, Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Styracaceae
Genus:	Styrax
Species:	S. hemsleyanus
Binomial name
Styrax hemsleyanus Diels

The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[5][6]