For the "Common Names are Confusing" file, another Alabama native, Magnolia acuminata, is called cucumber ... as is the bigleaf), it is a smaller plant overall: it's shrubbier, reaching ~20 ...

and our native cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata), Elizabeth’s primrose yellow, gobletlike flowers shine in the late spring landscape, from mid- to late May,” said Kim. Plant Elizabeth ...

Fossils of Magnolia acuminata have been dated to 20 million ... through yellow and purple to almost red. Some plants are rather shrubby, but others, like the prehistoric cucumber tree, M.

Most plants wait until May or later ... springtime is less erratic. Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata), the only magnolia native to Illinois, has evolved to avoid the risk of Midwestern temperature ...