''Zenobia'', called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the family
Ericaceae
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Description
''Zenobia'' is a hairless
shrub, sometimes with a waxy coating on the foliage. The
leaves are elliptical or egg-shaped. The plant has numerous white flowers in flat-topped or elongated arrays, each flower has 5 separate sepals and 5 united petals, forming a bell-shaped corolla. Each flower can produce up to 200 egg-shaped seeds in a dry
capsule.
Fossil record
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fruits of †''Zenobia fasterholtensis'' have been described from
middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near
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;Species
The Plant List, search for ''Zenobia''
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*'' Zenobia cassinefolia'' (Vent.) Pollard
*'' Zenobia pulverulenta'' (W. Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard
*'' Zenobia speciosa'' (Michx.) D. Don
References
Vaccinioideae
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Ericaceae genera
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