Ericaceae

Mountain fetterbush

Pieris floribunda (Pursh) Benth. & Hook.f.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pieris

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 多花马醉木
English: Mountain fetterbush
Icelandic: Blómsturlyng
Russian: Пиерис обильноцветущий, Пиерис горный, Пиерис пышноцветный, Пиерис цветущий
Swedish: Amerikansk buskrosling

Synonyms

Andromeda floribunda Pursh
Andromeda montana Buckley
Andromeda vaccinifolia K.Koch
Portuna floribunda (Pursh) Nutt.
Zenobia floribunda (Pursh) DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JoJan, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 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.