Back during my days at the South Carolina Botanical Garden while building the Natural Heritage Trail (native plants from mountains to sea of the Carolinas), the holy trinity of rare southeastern trees was Elliottia racemosa (Georgia Plume), Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Tree), and Pinckneya pubens (Georgia Fever Tree). Fast forward to a co-worker recently showing me recent photographs of plants he saw on a bird expedition and I had him stop at the site of Pinckneya. He asked if it was Tung Oil Tree. Next day, I drove to the site and confirmed it as several examples of roadside Pinckneya on the Georgia / South Carolina border west of the Savannah River near Clyo. Unfortunately, the habitat seems degraded and perhaps the hydrology changed. The trees were nearly buried in peppervine, Smilax greenbriar and other opportunists. If it were not in riotous bloom, it would probably be invisible. But, on this day, the pink poinsettia-like flower dotted the landscape along the road.