Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eubotrys recurvus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eure10_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0304s_22
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9627
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9628
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9629
April Jackson County NC
Stems erect; branches spreading, per Flora of North America.
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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.
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Will Stuart wil_6911031592_095e69e51b
April Haywood County NC
Inflorescences spreading or ascending, secund, curved or recurved, 5-12cm, per Flora of North America.
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Will Stuart wil_7102013473_d0e39d8cb6
April Avery County NC
One-sided recurving racemes, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm170507_754
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_755
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_771
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_772
May Jackson County NC
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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.
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmerecurva_gf
May? Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150606_236
June Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2109
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_301
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120804_315
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2626
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210812_2627
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Ron Lance rwl818_a
September
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7685
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7686
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7687
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7693
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7695
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0412d_24b
December Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC Mtns, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC (endemic to Southern Appalachians)
Look for it on heath balds, high elevation ridges and granitic domes, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary, fascicled or solitary racemes on previous year's wood
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p064
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p112
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p138
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p182
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p099
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p33
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p190