NameThatPlant.net: Leucothoe axillaris

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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

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Read more about Coastal Doghobble at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucothoe axillaris FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002a:

Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris FAMILY Ericaceae

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Doghobble

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucothoe axillaris FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002a:
Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris FAMILY Ericaceae

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, and moist and acid slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary racemes, usually more than 15-flowered

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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