Southern Maleberry

Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora

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Strong

Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 53%

Light: Up to 6 hours of direct sun

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Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora — bloom photograph — (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 29 Arkansas counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Lyonia

Catocala andromedaeAndromeda Underwing
Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
Datana majorMajor Datana, Azalea Caterpillar
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Nola pustulataSharp-Blotched Nola
Pangrapta decoralisDecorated Owlet
Paonias astylusHuckleberry Sphinx
Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
Xestia elimataSouthern Variable Dart, Southern Pine Dart

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

19BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Lyonia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

4Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Lyonia

Andrena kalmiae
Colletes productus
Melitta melittoides
Perdita novaeangliae

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: ERICACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Arkansas rank	SNR
Global rank	G5T5?
AR status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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