Ericaceae
Fetterbush lyonia
Lyonia lucida
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Lyonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fetterbush lyonia
Synonyms
- Andromeda coriacea Aiton
- Andromeda coriacea var. rubra G.Lodd.
- Andromeda lacustris C.Wright
- Andromeda lucida Lam.
- Andromeda marginata Duhamel
- Andromeda myrtifolia Salisb.
- Andromeda nitida J.Bartram & W.Bartram ex Marshall
- Desmothamnus lucidus (Lam.) Small
- Desmothamnus nitidus (J.Bartram & W.Bartram ex Marshall) Small
- Leucothoe coriacea (Aiton) DC.
- Leucothoe marginata (Veill.) Spach
- Lyonia lucida f. lucida
- Lyonia lucida f. rubra (G.Lodd.) Rehder
- Lyonia marginata (Veill.) D.Don
- Lyonia marginata var. rubra (Lodd.) Loudon
- Lyonia nitida (W.Bartram ex Marshall) Fernald
- Neopieris nitida (J.Bartram & W.Bartram ex Marshall) Britton
- Pieris nitida (W.Bartram ex Marshall) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Pieris nitida var. rubra (Lodd.) Rehder
- Xolisma lucida (Lam.) Rehder
- Xolisma lucida var. rubra (Lodd.) Rehder
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.