Ericaceae
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Pieris
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Common names
By language (14)
- Bulgarian
- Японски пиерис
- Cantonese
- 馬醉木
- Chinese
- 馬醉木, 马醉木, 台湾马醉木, 日本马醉木, 梫木, 臺灣馬醉木
- Dutch
- Rotsheide
- English
- Japanese pieris, Japanese andromeda
- Esperanto
- Japana andromedo
- Finnish
- Japaninkellovaivero
- German
- Japanische Lavendelheide
- Japanese
- アセビ, あせび, アシビ
- lzh
- 馬醉木
- Persian
- خلنگ ژاپنی
- Russian
- Пиерис японский, Пиерис японская
- Slovenian
- Japonski pieris
- Turkish
- Japon Lavanta Fundası
Synonyms
- Andromeda japonica Thunb.
- Lyonia polita (W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey) Chun
- Lyonia popowii (Palib.) Chun
- Pieris japonica var. taiwanensis (Hayata) Kitam.
- Pieris polita W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey
- Pieris taiwanensis Hayata
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jowaninpensans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 5snake5, CC0, 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.