Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shining Fetterbush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-11-003:
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Desmothamnus lucidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Neopieris nitida
COMMON NAME:
Shining Fetterbush, Lyonia, Hemleaf
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lylu3_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_neni2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_024
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers in axillary fascicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130406_762
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
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JK Marlow jkm130406_763
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
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JK Marlow jkm130406_770
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
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JK Marlow jkm160416_257
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_259
April Lowndes County GA
Distinguished by glossy coriaceous leaves with a prominent vein along margins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_llucida_0172
April Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers grow in rows of axillary clusters toward branch tips, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_llucida_0172b
April Scotland County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers resemble Vaccinium formosum but are narrower and pink- or red-tinged, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_0672
May Kershaw County
Goodale State Park
Corolla less than 5mm broad, usually pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_4342
May Kershaw County SC
Goodale State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-11-003:
Lyonia lucida
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Desmothamnus lucidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Neopieris nitida
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in pocosins, wet woodlands, blackwater swamp forests, other acidic wetlands, esp if peaty, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
(rarely white)
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p362
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p091
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p307
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p111
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p116
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p137
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p181
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p204
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p285