Eubotrys recurva

Eubotrys recurva is a plant species native to the Eastern United States. Common names include deciduous mountain fetterbush and red-twig doghobble.

Eubotrys recurva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Eubotrys
Species:
E. recurva
Binomial name
Eubotrys recurva
(Buckley) Britton
Synonyms[1]
  • Andromeda recurva Buckley
  • Leucothoe recurva (Buckley) A. Gray

Distribution and habitat

The plant grows in moist forests, bogs, granitic domes, etc., at elevations up to 1500 m (5000 feet). It has been reported from Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and New York State.[2]

Description

Eubotrys recurva is a branching shrub up to 4 m (13 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 8 cm (3.2 in) long. Flowers are campanulate, white to pale pink. Fruit is a dry capsule.[3][4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. Flora of North America v 8 p 512.
  3. Britton, Nathaniel Lord. Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions ... 2: 688. 1913.
  4. Buckley, Samuel Botsford. American Journal of Science, and Arts 45(1): 172–173. 1843.
  5. Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
  6. Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
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