Eubotrys racemosa |
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coastal fetterbush, deciduous swamp fetterbush, swamp deciduous dog-laurel, swamp dog-hobble, swamp sweetbells |
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Stems | erect, (0.3–)1–4 m, branches spreading. |
Leaves | petiole 1–3 mm; blade 3–8 cm, surfaces pilose on major veins abaxially. |
Inflorescences | (deciduous around anthesis), erect or ascending, secund, straight, 3–5 cm; bracts ± deciduous, lanceolate, 4–5 mm. |
Flowers | calyx campanulate, sepals lanceolate, 2–3 mm, apex acute; corolla white, 7–9 mm, lobes recurved, glabrous; stamens 2–4 mm; anthers 4-awned, ca. 1.5 mm, thecae divergent distally; ovary glabrous. |
Capsules | 2–3 mm wide. |
Seeds | not winged, wedge- to crescent-shaped, not flat, 1–1.2 mm. |
2n | = 22. |
Eubotrys racemosa |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Swamps, pond shores, streamheads and their ecotones, blackwater shores and banks, cypress depressions, wet pine flatwoods, wet, sandy, acidic woods |
Elevation | 0-400 m (0-1300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; LA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Discussion | Eubotrys racemosa occurs primarily on the coastal plain; there are scattered records inland from the Hudson Highlands of New York, and from northern Alabama and central and eastern Tennessee. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 511. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Eubotrys |
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Synonyms | Andromeda racemosa, Cassandra racemosa, E. elongata, E. racemosa var. elongata, Leucothoë elongata, Leucothoë racemosa, Leucothoë racemosa var. projecta, Lyonia racemosa, Zenobia racemosa |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 8: 269. (1842) |
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