Pieris phillyreifolia

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Pieris phillyreifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pieris
Species:
P. phillyreifolia
Binomial name
Pieris phillyreifolia
(Hook.) DC. (1839)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ampelothamnus phillyreifolius(Hook.) (1913)
  • Andromeda phillyreifoliaHook. (1837)

Pieris phillyreifolia, commonly known as the climbing fetterbush or vine wicky, is a shrubby vine. An evergreen perennial in the Ericaceae family, [2] it has white flowers. It grows in the southeastern United States. [3] It is a dicot in the Pieris genus. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pieris phillyreifolia (Hook.) DC". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Climbing fetterbush". Florida Wildflower Foundation. December 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
  4. ↑ NRCS. "Pieris phillyreifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).


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