Lyonia fruticosa G.S.Torr.

Coastal plain staggerbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Lyonia

Characteristics

Shrubs, (ultimate branches rigidly ascending), to 1.5(-3) m. Stems erect, slightly angled. Leaves persistent; blade obovate to elliptic, 0.5-6 × 0.3-4 cm (usually conspicuously smaller toward branch tips), coriaceous, base attenuate to narrowly or widely cuneate, margins entire or undulate, plane to very slightly revolute distally, apex acute, abruptly acuminate, or rounded, abaxial surface ferrugineous-lepidote, otherwise usually densely hairy, scales all ± quickly deciduous, veins frequently raised-reticulate, adaxial surface lepidote (scales caducous), hairy along midvein, veins not depressed. Inflorescences fascicles, flowers frequent on current year’s branchlets (some flowers borne on branches of previous year); bracts 1 per flower, linear-lanceolate, 1-2 mm. Pedicels glabrous, lepidote. Flowers: calyx lobes 1-1.5 × 0.5-1 mm, glabrous or hairy, lepidote; corolla white, urceolate, 2.5-5 × 2.5-4 mm; filaments 1-2.5 mm, roughened, without appendages or with 2 minute spurs. Capsules ovoid to ellipsoid, 3-5 × 2.5-4.5 mm, apex not constricted, lepidote, otherwise hairy; sutures separating as unit from adjacent valves; placentae subapical. 2n = 24.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.25
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Light 1-6
Soil humidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

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Distribution

Lyonia fruticosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147878-2
WFO ID wfo-0001046875
COL ID 3WSRC
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Synonyms

Lyonia fruticosa