Leucothoe axillaris
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Leucothoe |
| Species: | L. axillaris
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| Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
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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]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Flora of North America v 8 p 509
- ^ Ingram, J. W. 1979. Leucothoe revisited (Ericaceae). Baileya 20: 141-145.
- ^ Don, David. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 159. 1834.
- ^ Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 157. 1783.
- ^ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
- ^ "Leucothoe Scarletta = 'Zeblid'". RHS. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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