Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002a:
Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Doghobble, Coastal Plain 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 (11/30/12):
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
814
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, and moist and acid slopes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
Superior ovary
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 p358
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p298
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p112
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p037
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p137
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p190
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p237