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Pieris phillyreifolia

climbing fetterbush, vine-wicky
Habit Shrubs or vines, to 1 m, climbing to 10 m within fibrous bark of Taxodium or Chamaecyparis by means of flattened rhizomes that, at intervals, give rise to emergent branches; twigs multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy.
Stems

± terete.
Leaf

blades ovate, elliptic, or slightly obovate, (1–)2–6(–7) × (0.3–)0.3–2(–2.7) cm, base narrowly cuneate to rounded, margins obscurely to clearly toothed, especially near apex, revolute, apex acute to rounded.
Inflorescences

axillary racemes, from near stem apex;

bracteoles near apex to middle of pedicel.
Flowers

calyx lobes 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm;

corolla cylindric-urceolate, weakly 5-ridged, 6–8(–8.5) × 4–5 mm;

filaments geniculate, 4–6 mm, glabrous;

style strongly sunken into ovary apex.
Capsules

subglobose, 2.5–4 × 3.5–5.3 mm, glabrous;

placentae central to nearly basal.
Seeds

angular-ovoid to obovoid or narrowly conic, not winged;

testa cells isodiametric.

Pieris phillyreifolia
Phenology Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat Taxodium, Chamaecyparis, or broad-leaved swamps, wet depressions in pine forests
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; MS; SC
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Discussion

Pieris phillyreifolia is the only viny member of the Ericaceae in the United States; like P. cubensis Small of Cuba and P. swinhoei Hemsley of China, it has more or less isodiametric testa cells; it has been placed in sect. Phillyreoides Bentham & Hooker f.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 498.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Pieris
Sibling taxa
P. floribunda
Synonyms Andromeda phillyreifolia, Ampelothamnus phillyreifolius
Name authority (Hooker) de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 599. 1839 ,
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