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Confused Shiny Lyonia All of the other shiny lyonia still had leaves and remains of old fruits.  No new flowers.  This one had a few old fruits, no leaves (a few new ones on the way, but they were barely started) and this one flower. Geotagged,Lyonia lucida,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Confused Shiny Lyonia

All of the other shiny lyonia still had leaves and remains of old fruits. No new flowers. This one had a few old fruits, no leaves (a few new ones on the way, but they were barely started) and this one flower.

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''Lyonia lucida'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names fetterbush lyonia, hurrahbush, and staggerbush. Other plants may be called fetterbush. This plant grows on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States from Virginia to Florida to Louisiana. It also occurs in Cuba.

This shrub can grow to 4 to 5 meters in height and just as wide. The plant has long rhizomes that can sprout up new plants, forming a colony. The leathery leaves are alternately.. more

Similar species: Ericales
Species identified by Meryl Green
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By Meryl Green

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Uploaded Jan 29, 2015. Captured Jan 28, 2015 10:40 in Florida Trail, Sorrento, FL 32776, USA.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T3
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 250mm