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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pieris phillyreifolia   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Pieris phillyreifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pieris phillyreifolia

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

Ampelothamnus phillyreifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush, Climbing Wicky


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image of Pieris phillyreifolia, Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush, Climbing Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_8578178428_5881ea1cdd

March    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

The only viny member of the Ericaceae in the United States, per Flora of North America.

image of Pieris phillyreifolia, Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush, Climbing Wicky

Alan S. Weakley    asw_968183244350757

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Leaves dark green, oblong, leathery; margins smooth or may be minutely toothed beyond midleaf, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pieris phillyreifolia   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pieris phillyreifolia

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

 

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2630

Shrub; Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
Weakly 5-ridged cylindric-urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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