Leucothoe axillaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leucothoe
Species:
L. axillaris
Binomial name
Leucothoe axillaris
(Lam.) D. Don
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Andromeda acuminata Sm.
    • Andromeda axillaris Lam.
    • Andromeda axillaris var. longifolia Pursh
    • Andromeda catesbaei Walter
    • Andromeda hahniana Meerb.
    • Andromeda halmiana Steud.
    • Andromeda longifolia Pursh
    • Andromeda spinulosa Pursh
    • Leucothoe axillaris var. ambigens Fernald
    • Leucothoe axillaris var. longifolia (Pursh) DC.
    • Leucothoe catesbaei (Walter) A.Gray
    • Leucothoe platyphylla Small
    • Leucothoe spinulosa G.Don
    • Lyonia axillaris (Lam.) K.Koch
    • Lyonia catesbaei (Walter) K.Koch

Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elevations of less than 200 m (660 ft).[2][3]

Leucothoe axillaris is a branching shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) tall. Leaves are up to 8 cm (3 in) long. Flowers are white, cylindrical, up to 8 mm (0.3 in) long. Fruit is a dry capsule.[4][5][6]

The cultivar Scarletta = 'Zeblid' has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

Leucothoe axillaris is native to the southeastern United States

References

  1. ↑ "Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 509
  3. ↑ Ingram, J. W. 1979. Leucothoe revisited (Ericaceae). Baileya 20: 141-145.
  4. ↑ Don, David. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 159. 1834.
  5. ↑ Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 157. 1783.
  6. ↑ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
  7. ↑ "Leucothoe Scarletta = 'Zeblid'". RHS. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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