Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.)
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Common Names
evergreen swamp-fetterbush