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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 ]
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.
[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.
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