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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pieris floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pieris floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-10-001:

Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pieris floribunda

 

COMMON NAME:
Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda


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image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pifl_001_lvd

        

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm170224_263

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm170224_266

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9709

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9711

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves reticulate above; margins crenate; margins and petiole w black hairs, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

Keith Bradley    kab_p_floribunda_2339

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Calyx lobes acute, 2.5-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm160503_316b

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves evergreen, finely toothed, rounded at base, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm160503_319

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Capsules 5-locular, globose or oblate, 4-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm160503_322

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Corolla urceolate, strongly 5-ridged, per Flora of North America.

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

Ron Lance    rwl1082_a

May        

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

Will Stuart    wil_8745196317_246deca481

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm060723_183

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm0508b_33

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_26

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm080924_065

September    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm080924_066

September    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

JK Marlow    jkm080924_067

September    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flower buds stalked and clustered terminally, standing erect all winter, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Pieris floribunda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda

Ron Lance    rwl_pfloribunda2

November    Haywood County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pieris floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pieris floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-10-001:
Pieris floribunda   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pieris floribunda

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1082

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Acid wooded slopes, heath balds at high elevations, summits of Piedmont monadnocks, sometimes escaped from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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