Zenobia (plant)

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

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.

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.


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