Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pieris floribunda
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fetterbush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The range in NC is peculiar, the species occurring at high elevations southwest of Asheville, absent from apparently suitable habitats to the northeast (such as the Craggies, Blacks, Roan Mountain, and Grandfather Mountain), yet reappearing in a few disjunct populations at low elevations in the upper Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pifl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170224_263
February Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170224_266
February Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9709
April Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm160503_322
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla urceolate, strongly 5-ridged, per Flora of North America.
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Ron Lance rwl1082_a
May
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Will Stuart wil_8745196317_246deca481
May NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060723_183
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_33
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0508c_26
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080924_065
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080924_066
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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).
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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
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p231
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p110
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p181
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p33
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p236
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