Lyonia (plant)

Lyonia
Lyonia ovalifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Vaccinioideae
Tribe: Lyonieae
Genus: Lyonia
Nutt.

Lyonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. There are about 35 species native to Asia and North America.[1]

These are shrubs and trees, deciduous or evergreen. Some have rhizomes. The leaves are spirally arranged and the inflorescences grow in the leaf axils. The flowers are usually white, sometimes red. The fruit is a capsule.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lyonia. Flora of China.