Lyonia macrocalyx (J.Anthony) Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Lyonia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, semievergreen to deciduous, 1–2(–4) m tall. Twigs puberulous, glabrescent. Buds flattened-ovoid, 7–9 mm, glabrous. Petiole 2–10 mm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 4–10 × 2.5–5 cm, leathery, abaxially with short dense fulvous hairs, adaxially glabrous, veins raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base obtuse-rounded to broadly cuneate or shallowly cordate, apex acuminate or obtuse-rounded. Inflorescences 2–7 cm, glabrous; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 5–10 mm, pubescent. Calyx 5(–8)-lobed; lobes broadly ovate, 6–11 mm, leathery, abaxially with sparse or dense fulvous hairs or subglabrous. Corolla urceolate, 6–10 mm, abaxially sparsely fulvous-pubescent; lobes 1–2 mm. Filaments 5–6 mm, pilose, without spurs. Ovary glabrous. Capsule globose, 5–7 mm in diam., with thick sutures, glabrous. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Lyonia macrocalyx world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331150-1
WFO ID wfo-0001220865
COL ID 3WSRT
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Synonyms

Pieris macrocalyx Lyonia macrocalyx