Leucothoe axillaris explained

Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elevations of less than .^{[1] [2]}

Leucothoe axillaris is a branching shrub up to tall. Leaves are up to long. Flowers are white, cylindrical, up to long. Fruit is a dry capsule.^{[3] [4] [5]}

The cultivar = 'Zeblid' has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220007563 Flora of North America v 8 p 509
2. Ingram, J. W. 1979. Leucothoe revisited (Ericaceae). Baileya 20: 141-145.
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2522808#page/173/mode/1up Don, David. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 159. 1834.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/716749#page/206/mode/1up Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 157. 1783.
5. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
6. Web site: Leucothoe = 'Zeblid' . RHS . 1 October 2020.