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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucothoe fontanesiana   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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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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815

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Moist slopes, streambanks, ravines, often associated with Rhododendron maximum thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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

 

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