Flora of North America species comparison

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Epigaea

trailing arbutus
Habit Subshrubs.
Stems

creeping or prostrate;

twigs coarsely hirsute (especially new growth).
Leaves

persistent, alternate;

petiole present;

blade coriaceous, margins entire.
Inflorescences

axillary or terminal, spikes or dense racemes, 2–6(–10)-flowered;

perulae absent.
Flowers

bisexual or unisexual (functionally dioecious), radially symmetric;

sepals 5, distinct, (imbricate);

petals 5, connate for ca. 1/2 their lengths, corolla ± deciduous, ± salverform;

stamens 10, included;

anthers without awns, dehiscent by longitudinal slits;

ovary 5-locular;

style included;

stigma 5-lobed.
Fruits

capsular, depressed-globose, dehiscence septicidal.
Seeds

ca. 100, ovoid to globose, not winged, not tailed;

testa foveolate.
x

= 12.

Epigaea
Distribution
from USDA
North America; e Asia; sw Asia
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Discussion

Orphanidesia Boissier & Balansa

Species 3 (1 in the flora).

Epigaea comprises E. repens in eastern North America, E. asiatica Maximowicz in eastern Asia, and E. gaultherioides (Boissier & Balansa) Takhtajan in southwestern Asia (Caucasus region).

The species of Epigaea are infrequently cultivated; they are difficult to establish and maintain (M. A. Dirr 1998).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 475. Authors: Walter S. Judd, Kathleen A. Kron.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae
Subordinate taxa
E. repens
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 395. (1753): Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 186. 1754 ,
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