Leucothoe - Drooping Laurel
From The Plant Encyclopedia
Dropping Laurel
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Leucothoe | |
| Category | Shrub |
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| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Order | Ericales |
| Family | Ericaceae |
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Aden Earth Zone
8 - 20
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Characteristics
- Form: Shrub
- Habit: Evergreen, Deciduous
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- Uses: Ornamental
About
Leucothoe is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to Asia, the Americas and Madagascar.
They are Shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall, either Deciduous or Evergreen depending on species. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long. The flowers are produced in racemes 3-15 cm long, each flower bell-shaped, 4-20 mm long, white or occasionally pink.
- Selected species
- Leucothoe axillaris - Coastal Doghobble (southeastern United States)
- Leucothoe davisiae - Black laurel (Sierra Nevada, northern California & Oregon)
- Leucothoe fontanesiana - Highland Doghobble or Drooping Leucothoe (southeastern United States)
- Leucothoe grayana (Japan)
- Leucothoe griffithiana (eastern Himalaya, southwest China)
- Leucothoe keiskei (Japan)
- Leucothoe populifolia (southeastern United States)
- Leucothoe racemosa - Swamp Doghobble or Sweetbells (eastern United States)
- Leucothoe recurva - Redtwig Doghobble (southeastern United States)
- Leucothoe tonkinensis (southern China, northern Vietnam)<ref name="china" />
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