Lyonia ferruginea
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Lyonia ferruginea, Nutt. (Xolisma ferruginea, Heller. Andromeda ferruginea, Walt.). Evergreen shrub or small tree: lvs. cuneate, obovate to oblong, with revolute margin, scurfy when unfolding, especially below, 1-2 in. long: fls. nodding, globular, white, in clusters in the axils of the upper lvs. Feb., March. S. C. to Fla. S.S. 5:234. L.B.C. 5:430.—Handsome evergreen shrub, but rarely cult., hardy only S. Var. arborescens, Rehd. (Andromeda rigida, Pursh). Of vigorous growth, more rigid and with crowded lvs., growing into a small tree. Var. fruticosa, Rehd. (Xolisma fruticosa. Nash. A. rhomboidalis, Nouv. Duh.). Shrubby: lvs. sparser, conspicuously reticulated.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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