Lyonia mariana, the Piedmont staggerbush and staggerbush, is a perennial shrub that is native to the United States.
Conservation status It is listed as endangered in Pennsylvania, historical in Rhode Island, and as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut."Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
Ethnobotany
The Cherokee use an infusion of the plant for toe itch, 'ground-itch' and ulcers.Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 57
References