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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
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)
Leucothoe acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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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.