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Pieris floribunda
Also called Mountain Andromeda, Mountain Fetter Bush, Flutterbush, Mountain Pieris
Pieris floribunda is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush or mountain andromeda. All parts of Pieris floribunda are poisonous if ingested. In landscapes it should be grown in full to part shade, out of windy locations, and have a good quality soil with much organic matter with acidity of pH 4.5 to 6.5.
The mountain fetterbush is less subject to damage from the Azalea lacebug that often infests the related Pieris japonica.
Pieris floribunda is native to the eastern United States, primarily the southern Appalachian Mountains in the States of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia. It thrives in areas of land disturbed by human activity. In common with other members of Pieris, it grows better on well drained soils.
Chinese Peris · Japanese pieris · Climbing fetterbush · Fetterbush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pieris floribunda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
