FNPS Plant Database

Lyonia mariana

piedmont staggerbush

PHOTOS COMING SOON!

Nomenclature

Common Name:

piedmont staggerbush

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Lyonia mariana

Family:

Ericaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

to 7 ft tall by 3-4 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

brown,NA

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Fall Color

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Can be used as a specimen shrub or in a screen.

Considerations:

Slow growing.

Availability:

Seed, Friends

Propagation:

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8B,9A,9B

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



Don't know your zone? Click here to search by zip code.

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Attracts bees.

Native Habitats:

Edges of flatwoods marshes, cypress-hardwood pond margins, bogs, shrub-tree swamps, hydric and low mesic flatwoods, occasionally in well-drained mixed woodlands and sandhill, creek swamps.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Has larger flowers than most lyonias.

Citations:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Request an update