Zenobia (plant)

Zenobia, called honeycup, is a North American genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.

Zenobia
Zenobia pulverulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Subfamily:	Vaccinioideae
Tribe:	Andromedeae
Genus:	Zenobia D.Don 1834
Type species
Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D.Don 1834

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.^[1]

Fossil record

10 fossil fruits of †Zenobia fasterholtensis have been described from middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in Central Jutland, Denmark.^[2]

Species^[3]

• Zenobia cassinefolia (Vent.) Pollard
• Zenobia pulverulenta (W. Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard
• Zenobia speciosa (Michx.) D. Don