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The leaves are spirally arranged, often appearing to be in whorls at the end of each shoot with bare stretches of shoot below; they are lanceolate-ovate, 2–10 cm (0.8–3.9 in) long and 1.0–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) broad, leathery textured, and with an entire or serrated margin. The young leaves in spring are typically brightly coloured.
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 [ 3 ] or mountain andromeda . [ 4 ]
Pieris japonica subsp. formosa (Wall.) Kitam. Kitam. Pieris formosa , called the Taiwan pieris or the Himalayan andromeda , is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pieris native to Nepal, the eastern Himalaya, Assam in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Tibet, central and southern China, but not Taiwan. [ 2 ]
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[3] [4] Each flower is about 5 to 6 mm long and its clusters with their long blooming season [4] provide a decorative effect against the young red leaves. The flowers usually last two or three weeks. The plant is poisonous if consumed. [3] [4] [5] The toxicity is a result of the grayanotoxins contained by the flowers and
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Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread, now almost cosmopolitan, genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae.The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic, with a higher diversity in Europe and eastern North America than the similar and closely related Pontia.
The plane, bound for the Chinese city of Shenzhen with 249 passengers and 16 crew members, quickly turned around and landed safely after dumping fuel over the sea, airport officials said.