Common Name: Fetter-Bush
Scientific Name: Leucothoe racemosa
Family Name: Ericaceae
Serendipity Ranch
Columbus, North Carolina
April 20, 2002
Unlike Fetter-bush Leucothoe axillaris, the Leucothoe recurva is a low, spreading shrubs with deciduous leaves. The urceolate or urn-shaped corolla consists of 5 fused petals with only the small, recurved tips separate. Native to the southern Appalachians, these plants grow in bogs and rocky woods in our mountains. A somewhat similar species with deciduous leaves Leucothoe racemosa, grows chiefly in our coastal plain and piedmont. April - June [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z