Zenobia (plant)
| Zenobia | |
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| Zenobia pulverulenta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: |
Zenobia D.Don 1834 |
| Type species | |
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Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D.Don 1834 |
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Zenobia, called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the heath family.
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.
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