Lyonia fruticosa

Poor-grub
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Lyonia
Species: L. fruticosa
Binomial name
Lyonia fruticosa
(Michx.) G.S. Torr.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andromeda ferruginea var. fruticosa Michx.
  • Xolisma fruticosa (Michx.) Nash

Lyonia fruticosa, the poor-grub or coastal plain staggerbush, is a plant species native to the US states of Florida, southern Georgia and the extreme southern part of South Carolina. It grows in pine woodlands and shrub bogs at elevations less than 100 meters (333 feet).[2][3]


Lyonia fruticosa is an evergreen shrub up to 3 m (10 feet) tall. Leaves are broadly elliptical, up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. Flowers are white, urn-shaped, hanging downward. Fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule about 4 mm in diameter.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. 1 2 3 Flora of North America. Lyonia fruticosa (Michaux) G. S. Torrey, 1916. Poor-grub
  3. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) 2014 county distribution map, Lyonia fruticosa
  4. ↑ Torrey, George Safford. 1916. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51(10): 527.
  5. ↑ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 252.
  6. ↑ Nash, George Valentine. 1895. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22(4): 153.
  7. ↑ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens.
  8. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  9. ↑ EOL Encyclopedia of Life,
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