Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eubotrys recurvus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Mountain Sweetbells at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eubotrys recurva
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Leucothoe recurva
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-003:
Leucothoe recurva
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eubotrys recurva
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sweetbells, Mountain Fetterbush, Deciduous Fetterbush
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9629
April Jackson County NC
Stems erect; branches spreading, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm210423_9630
April Jackson County NC
Buds solitary over single leaf scar, not as wide as twig, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Will Stuart wil_6911031592_095e69e51b
April Haywood County NC
Inflorescences spreading or ascending, secund, curved or recurved, 5-12cm, per Flora of North America.
Will Stuart wil_7102013473_d0e39d8cb6
April Avery County NC
One-sided recurving racemes, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmerecurva_mm1b
May Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
Urn-shaped corolla of 5 fused petals with only their recurved tips separate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmerecurva_mm1c
May Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
Pedicels each with 2 bracteoles just below the calyx. Calyx lobes lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120804_305
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 5-13cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0412d_21
December Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
Capsule oblate [that is, spheroidal & flattened at the poles] and lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eubotrys recurvus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eubotrys recurva
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Leucothoe recurva
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-003:
Leucothoe recurva
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eubotrys recurva