Lyonia ligustrina Dc.

Maleberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Lyonia

Characteristics

Shrubs, (ultimate branchlets spreading), (0.2-)1-4 m. Stems erect, terete to slightly angled. Leaves deciduous to semipersistent; blade narrowly to widely elliptic, obovate, or ovate, (1.5-)2-9.5(-10.5) × 1-4.5(-5) cm, membranous, base attenuate, narrowly to broadly cuneate, or rounded, margins serrulate, plane to slightly revolute, apex acute to acuminate or mucronate, surfaces scattered, multicellular long-headed-hairy, also usually hairy on major veins, not lepidote, intramarginal vein absent. Inflorescences racemes of fascicles or short racemes, to subpaniculate, developing from buds along distal portion of stems of previous year; bracts all inconspicuous or 1-6, foliaceous, 5-30 mm. Pedicels hairy, not lepidote. Flowers: calyx lobes 0.5-1.5 × 0.4-1 mm, sparsely hairy, not lepidote; corolla white, urceolate (base swollen), 2-4(-4.5) × 2-4.5 mm; filaments 1-2 mm, hairy near base, with 2 short spurs. Capsules globose to subglobose, 2-3 × 2-4 mm, apex not constricted, usually long-headed-hairy, otherwise glabrous or hairy; sutures remaining attached to adjacent valve; placentae subapical. 2n = 24.
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Deciduous shrub to 4 m; lvs thin, mostly obovate or oblanceolate, 3–7 cm, acute or abruptly acuminate, very minutely serrulate; petioles 2–4 mm; umbelliform clusters mostly 2–8-fld, very numerous, forming a panicle at the end of the branches of the previous year; sep broadly triangular, 1–1.5 mm; cor globose or broadly ovoid, 3–5 mm; stamens with a pair of short spurs near the junction of the anther and filament; fr subglobose, 4 mm thick. Swamps and wet soil; Me. to N.Y., O., Ky. and Ark., s. to Fla. and Tex. June, July. (Xolisma l.; Arsenococcus l.) Foliage, bracts, and pubescence variable.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.7 - 4.1
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Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 3-3
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Soil acidity 3-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Cultivation

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Images

Lyonia ligustrina unspecified picture

Distribution

Lyonia ligustrina world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331146-1
WFO ID wfo-0001046877
COL ID 3WSRN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Lyonia ligustrina f. ligustrina Lyonia ligustrina Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina

Lower taxons

Lyonia ligustrina var. capreifolia Lyonia ligustrina var. salicifolia