Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Florida

• County/Municipio

  Highlands Co.

• Locality

  About 200 ft S of Durden Rd., Avon Park Air Force Range

• Elevation

  Alt. 23 m. (75 ft.)

• Coordinates

  27.645, -81.288

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF FLORIDA
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch
ERICACEAE
Shrubs to 4ft tall, common, forming a dense
patch; flowers pink-magenta, not very narrow.
In a damp to wet, grazed prairie to the E. side
of a large saw palmetto clump, in sandy-
organic soil (Valkaria fine sand; siliceous,
hyperthermic Spodic Psammaquents).
Growing with Aletris lutea, Andropogon
virginicus, Asimina reticulata, Hypericum
tetrapetalum, Ilex glabra, Lyonia fruticosa,
Mimosa microphylla, Myrica cerifera,
Oclemena reticulata, Sarracenia minor, &
Serenoa repens. About 200ft S. of Durden
Rd., Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands
Co. Elev. about 77ft. 27° 38' 42.0"N, 81° 17'
16.8"W; UTM 17R471592E, 3057912N
(NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #4098
29 April 2010
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