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
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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 Flora of North America
Leucothoe axillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002a:
Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe axillaris
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Doghobble
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_leax_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_leax_003_lvd
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Joanna Thurman bjt_laxillaris_20170306
March Horry County SC
Leaves obtuse or acute to short-acuminate [vs. L. fontanesiana long-acuminate], per Weakley's Flora.
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Joanna Thurman bjt_laxillaris_20170306_b
March Horry County SC
Racemes with 8-44 flowers; sepals ovate, with an obtuse or rounded apex, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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
Flora of North America
Leucothoe axillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002a:
Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe axillaris
814
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p358
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p298
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p450
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p227
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p112
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p129
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p170
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p190
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p237
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