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coastal fetterbush, deciduous swamp fetterbush, swamp deciduous dog-laurel, swamp dog-hobble, swamp sweetbells

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

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
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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
Sibling taxa
E. recurva
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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