Pieris formosa
Pieris formosa 'Wakehurst'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Pieris
Species:
P. formosa
Binomial name
Pieris formosa
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Andromeda formosa Wall.
    • Comarostaphylis formosa (Wall.) Lem.
    • Lyonia formosa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Pieris bodinieri H.Lév.
    • Pieris forrestii R.L.Harrow ex W.W.Sm
    • Pieris huiana W.P.Fang
    • Pieris japonica subsp. formosa (Wall.) Kitam.

Pieris formosa, called the Taiwan pieris or the Himalayan andromeda, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Pieris native to Nepal, the eastern Himalaya, Assam in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Tibet, central and southern China, but not Taiwan.[2] The 'Wakehurst' cultivar of the variety Pieris formosa var. forrestii has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental, and is also considered by them as a good plant to attract pollinators.[3] A vigorous evergreen shrub to 4 m (13 ft) in height, its leaves open red in early spring, turning green later. The trusses of creamy white flowers open at the same time as the young leaves. Like all pieris, it prefers a partially shaded spot in acid pH soil.

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159 (1834)
  2. 1 2 "Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pieris formosa var. forrestii 'Wakehurst'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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