Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch

  • Description

    Species Description - Evergreen shrub to 2 m; lvs leathery, glossy, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 3–7 cm, acute or abruptly acuminate, entire, with a distinct intramarginal vein; petioles 2–5 mm; sep oblong, 3–5 mm, persistent; cor 7–9 mm; stamens with a pair of ± well developed spurs near the junction of the anther and filament; fr subglobose or depressed, 5 mm thick; 2n=24. Wet woods; se. Va. to Fla. and La. May. (L. nitida; Neopieris n.; Desmothamnus l.)

  • Common Names

    evergreen swamp-fetterbush