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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Epigaea repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-15-001:

Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Epigaea repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_epre2_001_lvd

        

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_epre2_003_lhd

        

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Will Stuart    wil_epigaea_repens_0506

February    Chesterfield    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Blossoms can be numerous. — Will Stuart

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Will Stuart    wil_epigaea_repens_0540

February    Chesterfield    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Early and fragrant, attracting native bees like Southeastern Blueberry Bee. — Will Stuart

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

JK Marlow    jkm0503a_11

March    Greenville County    SC

Paris Mountain State Park

The ovate leathery dull-green leaves are blunt-tipped, per Describing Botanical Architecture. Chinquapin (Ellison, 2012).

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Keith Bradley    kab_epigaea_repens_1843

March    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_epigaea_repens_2

March        

The small clusters of fragrant flowers are often concealed under the leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Will Stuart    wil_epigaea_repens_0061

March    Chesterfield    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Grows in masses in well-managed longleaf tracts in Carolina Sandhills NWR. — Will Stuart

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

JK Marlow    jkm0404g_25

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Keith Bradley    kab_epigaea_repens_2301

April    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1256319978310555

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Alan S. Weakley    asw_226286713364019

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231836654435353

June        

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

JK Marlow    jkm190704_9746

July    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

Ovate to oblong, leathery leaves on creeping reddish-brown stems , per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

JK Marlow    jkm220806_9506

August    Henderson County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Epigaea repens, Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5672

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Epigaea repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-15-001:
Epigaea repens   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Epigaea repens

 

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513

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: In a wide variety of acidic forests, xeric to mesic, sandy, rocky, and loamy, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon GA Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual or unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Berry

 

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