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Lyonia ligustrina
Also called Seedy Buckberry, He Huckleberry
Maleberry is a native North American shrub in the heath family, found in wet and dry habitats from Maine to Florida and west to Texas. It is grown mainly for its native habitat value and is most at home in moist, acidic soil.
Lyonia ligustrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae known by the common names maleberry and he-huckleberry. It is native to the eastern United States from Maine to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma.
This shrub grows up to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has long rhizomes which may send up new stems up to 4 m (13 ft) apart. The stems have longitudinally furrowed bark. The leaves may be deciduous or not, depending on variety. They are oval in shape and up to 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long by 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. The small flowers are white. The fruit is a small, dry capsule.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lyonia ligustrina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
