Leucothoe fontanesiana, also known as the highland doghobble, fetter-bush, mountain doghobble or switch ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the southeastern United States. It is an erect evergreen shrub growing to 1- tall by 30NaN0 broad, with laurel-like glossy leaves 6- long, and pendent axillary racemes of urn-shaped flowers in spring.[1] [2]
This plant is a calcifuge and requires a shaded position in acid soil. The cultivar 'Rollissonii'[3] has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
L. fontanesiana has been marked as a pollinator plant, supporting and attracting bees and butterflies[5]