Leucothoe axillaris

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
Scientific 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]

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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