North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Lyonia mariana - Staggerbush

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Lyonia mariana

Staggerbush

Native/Alien:	Native
Type:	Deciduous Shrub
Bloom Color(s):	white
Size:	5 ft
Bloom Time:	April - May
Bloom Area:	Coast
Habitat Staggerbush is found in pine flatwoods, savannas and pocosin-sandhills. Paynter, Carolina Beach State Park, April, 2010
In bud The long sepals of Staggerbush are especially noticeable in the bud stage. Paynter, Halyburton Park, April, 2011
Close up of buds and flowers
Flowers The flowers are long, almost cylindrical in shape and lack the pink sepals of Shining Fetterbush, Lyonia lucida. They hang in clusters from the bare upper sections of the previous year's branches. Paynter, Carolina Beach State Park, April, 2010
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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