Illicium dunnianum

Illicium dunnianum is a shrub that grows 2–10 metres (6.6–32.8 ft) high. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, thinly leathery, 5–12 centimetres (2.0–4.7 in) long, and 0.8–1.2 centimetres (0.31–0.47 in) wide. The leaves are in clusters of three to eight, and grow on 3–12 millimetres (0.12–0.47 in) stems. The flower stems are 1–3.5 centimetres (0.39–1.38 in) long. The flowers have twelve to twenty tepals, which are pink, red, or purplish red, and papery to slightly fleshy. The largest tepals are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) long, 4–8 millimetres (0.16–0.31 in) wide, and elliptic to suborbicular. The flowers have nineteen to twenty-four stamens, and eight to thirteen carpels. The plant flowers from March to July and October to November. The fruits grow on 2–5.5 centimetres (0.79–2.17 in) long stems. The seeds are 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) long, and 2.5–3.3 millimetres (0.098–0.130 in) wide. The plant fruits from July to October.

Illicium dunnianum is native to the subtropical biome of south-east and south-central China (southern Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, southern and south-western Guizhou, and western Hunan). It grows along riverbanks and ravines, and on wet slopes, at elevations of 400–1,000 metres (1,300–3,300 ft).