Leucothoë axillaris

(Lamarck) D. Don

Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 159. 1834 ,.

Common names: Swamp dog-laurel coastal dog-hobble
Basionym: Andromeda axillaris Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 157. 1783
Synonyms: Leucothoë axillaris var. ambigens Fernald Leucothoë catesbaei Small Leucothoë platyphylla
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 509.

Plants 1–2 m, branches spreading. Leaves: petiole 5–10 mm; blade oblong, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, 3–8 cm, margins entire or spinulose-serrulate, apex acute to abruptly short-acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy. Inflorescences fascicled or solitary, sessile, dense, 8–30-flowered, 2–4(–5) cm; bracts ± deciduous, ovate, 2–2.5 mm. Pedicels 2.2–2.5 mm. Flowers: sepals whitish, broadly ovate, 1.5–2 mm, apex obtuse or rounded; corolla cylindric, 6–8 mm; filaments spreading-hairy, papillate; anthers 0.7–1.2 mm, with 2 awns, thecae divergent distally; ovary glabrous. Capsules (4.5–)5–6 mm wide. Seeds angular; testa firm, papillose. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering early-mid spring.
Habitat: Flood plains of black-water streams, coastal plain
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Gordon C. Tucker +
(Lamarck) D. Don +
Andromeda axillaris +
Swamp dog-laurel +  and coastal dog-hobble +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0-200 m +
Flood plains of black-water streams, coastal plain +
Flowering early-mid spring. +
Edinburgh New Philos. J. +
Leucothoë axillaris var. ambigens +, Leucothoë catesbaei +  and Leucothoë platyphylla +
Leucothoë axillaris +
Leucothoë +
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