Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Lyonia Nutt.
STAGGERBUSH
Classification
ERICALES
Lyonia
Citation
LYONIA Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 266. 1818, nom. cons. vs. Lyonia Rafinesque 1808, et non Lyonia Elliott 1817.
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TYPE: Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nuttall (Andromeda ferruginea Walter) Lectotypified by Lanjouw et al., Internatl. Code Bot. Nomencl. 261. 1956.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Lyonia ferruginea RUSTY STAGGERBUSH Native FACU (NWPL)
Lyonia fruticosa COASTALPLAIN STAGGERBUSH Native FACW (NWPL)
Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora MALEBERRY Native FACW (NWPL) T (WAP) FAC (DEP)
Lyonia lucida FETTERBUSH Native FACW (NWPL) T (WAP) FACW (DEP)
Lyonia mariana PIEDMONT STAGGERBUSH Native FAC (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade lower surface, pedicels, and calyx ferrugineous-lepidote
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1.  Leaf blade lower surface, pedicels, and calyx glabrous to hairy, not lepidote
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2.  Irregular shrub or tree to 6(12) m tall, with branches often spreading; leaf blades not reduced in size or only slightly so towards the inflorescence apex, the blade usually revolute, the secondary veins often impressed; flowers mostly restricted to stem of previous year
2.  Shrub to 2(3) m tall, with branches often strict to ascending; leaf blades reduced in size towards the inflorescence apex, the blade not revolute or only slightly so, the secondary veins usually not noticeably impressed; flowers frequent on current year’s shoot and some on stem of previous year
3.  Leaf blade margins serrulate (sometimes obscurely so); calyx lobes 0.5-1.5 mm long; corolla about as wide as long, 2-4(4.5) mm long; fruit subglobose
3.  Leaf blade margins entire; calyx lobes 2-9.5 mm long; corollas longer than wide, 5-14 mm long; fruit ovoid to ovoid-globose
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4.  Leaf blade persistent, stiffly coriaceous, lower surface with obscure or faint venation, the margin revolute; corolla 2-5 mm wide, subtly conic, flared at the base, white, pink, to red; filaments roughened; sepals usually persistent with fruit
4.  Leaf blade deciduous, membranous, lower surface with conspicuous secondary and reticulate venation, the margin not revolute or scarcely so; corolla 4-9 mm wide, broadly cylindric, not flared at the base, white, rarely pink; filaments hairy; sepals deciduous, usually absent from fruit
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Arsenococcus Arsenococcus Small, in Small & J. J. Carter, Fl. Lancaster Co. 218, 319. 1913. TYPE: Arsenococcus ligustrinus (Linnaeus) Small (Vaccinium ligustrinum Linnaeus)
Desmothamnus Desmothamnus Small, Shrubs Florida 96, 113. 1913. TYPE: Desmothamnus nitidus (Bartram) (Andromeda nitida Bartram)
Neopieris Neopieris Britton, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 690. 1913. TYPE: Neopieris mariana (Linnaeus) Britton (Andromeda mariana Linnaeus)
Xolisma Xolisma Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 193. 1819. TYPE: = Lyonia Nuttall 1818.