Eubotrys recurva
| Eubotrys recurva | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Eubotrys |
| Species: | E. recurva |
| Binomial name | |
| Eubotrys recurva (Buckley) Britton | |
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Eubotrys recurva is a plant species native to the Eastern United States. Common names include deciduous mountain fetterbush and red-twig doghobble.
Distribution and habitat
The plant grows in moist forests, bogs, granitic domes, etc., at elevations up to 1500m (5000 feet). It has been reported from Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and New York State.[2]
Description
Eubotrys recurva is a branching shrub up to 4 m (13 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 8 cm (3.2 in) long. Flowers are campanulate, white to pale pink. Fruit is a dry capsule.[3][4][5][6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 512.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions ... 2: 688. 1913.
- ↑ Buckley, Samuel Botsford. American Journal of Science, and Arts 45(1): 172–173. 1843.
- ↑ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
- ↑ Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.