Pieris floribunda (D.Don) Benth. & Hook.F.

Mountain fetterbush (en), Piéris d'Amérique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Pieris

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 2 m, with ± erect branches; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy and conspicuously strigose (hairs elongate, stiff, long-celled, eglandular), otherwise sparsely to densely unicellular-hairy. Stems terete to slightly angled. Leaf blades elliptic to ovate, (1.5-)3-7.2 × (0.6-)1-2.8 cm, base rounded to widely cuneate, margins serrulate (each tooth associated with elongate hair), plane, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal panicles, sometimes with proximalmost lateral branches arising from axils of distalmost leaves; bracteoles near or slightly proximal to middle of pedicel. Flowers: calyx lobes 2-4 × 1-1.7 mm; corolla urceolate, strongly 5-ridged, 4-7 × 3-5.5 mm; filaments straight, 2-3 mm, hairy; style slightly sunken into ovary apex. Capsules subglobose or globose to ovoid, 4-6 × 4-6 mm, glabrous; placentae subapical. Seeds ellipsoidal to ± rectangular and flattened, with 2 inconspicuous wings; testa cells elongate. 2n = 24.
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Shrub to 2 m; lvs leathery, lanceolate to lance-elliptic or oblong, 3–7 cm, entire or minutely serrulate, ciliate, acuminate; petioles 5–10 cm; fls solitary at the nodes of an elongate, bracteate raceme, the short pedicel 2-bracteolate near the middle, the few to several racemes each 3–6 cm, forming a terminal panicle; sep triangular, 2–3 mm;cor 5–6 mm; fr 5–6 mm; seeds 2.5–3 mm. Mt. woods; Va. and W.Va. to Ga. May. (Andromeda f.)
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.25 - 3.0
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity strong toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 70
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pieris floribunda unspecified picture

Distribution

Pieris floribunda world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331653-1
WFO ID wfo-0001047057
COL ID 4HRP9
BDTFX ID 82357
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Portuna floribunda Pieris floribunda