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Fetterbush
Lyonia lucida
(Lam.) K. Koch
ly-OH-nee-uh
LOO-sah-dah
Ericaceae
Explanation
of name:
Generic name for John Lyon, 17?-1818, American botanist (FER). Lucida
means lucid, bright (BA1).
Synonym:
Desmothamnus lucidus (Lam.) Small (WU1)
Natural
range:
Virgina to Florida and Louisiana (NE4). Bogs, edges of swamps, cypress ponds
(NE4), and depressions in pine woods (PBCC)
Recognition
(NE4): Shrub with shining green oval to elliptic leaves having thickened
margins. Flowers aromatic, bell-shaped, pink (to nearly white), ca. ½” long, in
numerous showy fascicles along stem in spring
Landscape
uses:
Hedges, foundations, mixed shrub beds (NE4)
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems
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Lyonia lucida |
Fetterbush |
Native |
Shrub |
SP
(NE4) |
3’-10’ X 2’-5’ (NE4) |
3’ |
SU
WD
AC
(NE4) |
Leaf spotting
(NE4) |
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