Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucothoe fontanesiana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Highland Doghobble at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucothoe fontanesiana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Leucothoe fontanesiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Leucothoe walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002b:
Leucothoe axillaris var. editorum FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Leucothoe editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe catesbaei
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Doghobble, Highland Doghobble, Switch-ivy
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_leca14_001_lvd
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Steve Marlow snm079901_16
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Steve Marlow snm079901_18
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Steve Marlow snm079901_19
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow s050319_a
March Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Leaves alternate, shiny, leathery, long tapering at the tip, and toothed, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm150423_475
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Racemes 2-10 cm long, with 17-80 flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3964
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_l_fontanesiana_5389
April Caldwell County NC
Pisgah National Forest
White urn-shaped flowers in dense drooping clusters from leaf axils, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_fontan_ccc_1b
April Stephens County GA
Cedar Creek Canyon
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JK Marlow jkm0206a_00
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Decidedly long acuminate leaves, petioles 8-15mm long, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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JK Marlow jkm0305r_05
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit a persistant capsule with many tiny seeds, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_18
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0106a_07
June Transylvania County NC
Flowers fragrant, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5630
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucothoe fontanesiana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucothoe fontanesiana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Leucothoe fontanesiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Leucothoe walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-002b:
Leucothoe axillaris var. editorum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Leucothoe editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe catesbaei
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Moist slopes, streambanks, ravines, often associated with Rhododendron maximum thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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 the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p251
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p064
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p158
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p155
- 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
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p182
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p099
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p33
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p292
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p190
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