Menziesia

Menziesia subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Menziesia (after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist). Ericaceae. Low deciduous shrubs, allied to Rhododendron, with small 4-merous fls. appearing with the lvs. in terminal clusters: corolla urceolate or bell- shaped, 4-lobed; stamens 8: fr. a 5-valved caps, with many linear caudate seeds. Seven species in E. Asia and N. Amer. Interesting shrubs for alpine rockeries, but not particularly ornamental. M. pilosa, Juss. (M. globularis, Salisb.), is sometimes offered by dealers in native plants. Shrub, 2-6 ft.: lvs. oval to oblong- obovate, glandular-mucronate, entire, strigose, ciliate, 1-2 in. long: fls. few, drooping, on slender glandular pedicels; corolla yellowish, often tinged reddish, ¼ in- long; anthers included. May, June. Pa. to Ga. in the mountains. B.M. 1571. For cult., see Andromeda and Rhododendron. M. caerulea Swartz-Phyllodoce caerulea.—M. empetriformis, Smith- Phyllodoce empetriformis.—M. pentandra, Maxim. Shrub, to 4 ft.: lvs. elliptic: fls. subglobose, greenish white; anthers exserted. Japan.—M. polifolia, Juss.-Daboecia polifolia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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