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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-11-001:

Lyonia ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Arsenococcus ligustrinus

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry


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image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xoli_001_lvd

        

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8289

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8290

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Very variable in leaf shape and size, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8291

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves pubescent on both surfaces (or rarely glabrous), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8297

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8298

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220609_8442

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220609_8454

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Penny Longhurst    pen_20200709_093829

July        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Penny Longhurst    pen_20210722_122448

July        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Will Stuart    wil_7520530352_5902210f36

July    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Calyx lobes triangular; corolla white, globose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Will Stuart    wil_7520530352_d3a3a07eb7

July    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_786

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_788

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm140816_799

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves deciduous, subcoriaceous, and dull, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9737

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

JK Marlow    jkm230901_5159

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190909_102425

September        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry

Penny Longhurst    pen_20221014_121840

October        NC

Whiteside Mountain

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-11-001:
Lyonia ligustrina   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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