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 | |
Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D.Don 1834 |
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.