Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Agarista populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agarista populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-001:
Leucothoe populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andromeda populifolia
COMMON NAME:
Tall Fetterbush, Florida Leucothoe, Florida Hobblebush, Agarista
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3735
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Racemes short, axillary, usually < 15-flowered. Corolla narrowly urdeolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3743
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaves sharply and distinctly serrate (can be obscured by revolute margins), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Sam Pratt sbp_dscf3744b
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Pedicels 7-10mm long in flower. Calyx triangular, ~ 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160915_127
September Beaufort County SC
Spring Island Native Plant Nursery
Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, shiny dark green above, widest below the middle, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Agarista populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agarista populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-12-001:
Leucothoe populifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucothoe acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andromeda populifolia
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare in Coastal Plain, waif in Piedmont
Habitat: blackwater swamps, hydric hammocks, marly spring runs and seepage ravines, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary racemes, usually less than 15-flowered
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p075
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p103
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p111
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p052