Lyonia villosa (hook.F. ex C.b.clarke) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Lyonia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, 1–3 m tall. Twigs, pubescent, glabrescent. Buds narrowly ovoid, 1–13 mm, glabrous. Petiole 3–6 mm, pubescent; leaf blade obovate, oblong-obovate, or ovate, 1.5–7 × 1–4 cm, papery to subleathery, abaxially villous or pubescent on veins or sometimes subglabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent on veins, otherwise glabrous, veins raised abaxially, midvein impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate to rounded or subcordate, apex obtuse, rarely shortly acuminate, mucronate. Inflorescences (0.5–)1–4(–7) cm, densely fulvous-pubescent, rarely glabrous; bracts leaflike. Pedicel 3–5 mm, densely pubescent to glabrous. Calyx lobes oblong or narrowly lanceolate to linear, 3–4 mm, pubescent, also with glandular hairs. Corolla urceolate to tubular, 5–8 mm, abaxially pubescent; lobes ca. 0.5 mm. Filaments ca. 4 mm, pilose, without spurs. Ovary glabrous to pubescent. Capsule ovoid, with thick sutures, glabrous or rarely sparsely pubescent. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lyonia villosa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Lyonia villosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331196-1
WFO ID wfo-0001221130
COL ID 3WSTD
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Synonyms

Pieris villosa Xolisma villosa Lyonia villosa Pieris ovalifolia var. pubescens Pieris villosa var. pubescens Xolisma villosa var. pubescens Lyonia villosa var. villosa Lyonia villosa var. pubescens

Lower taxons

Lyonia villosa var. sphaerantha