Leucothoe axillaris

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ERICACEAE
Species:Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
Common Name:Coastal Doghobble
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LEAX
Plant Notes:Coastal Doghobble is a native evergreen shrub in the Heath family (Ericaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Coastal Doghobble occurs on floodplains along blackwater streams, in swamp forests, and in flatwoods. It is a small shrub from 3-6 feet in height. It often forms dense thickets from stolons. The arching stems may root when they come in contact with the soil. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, oblong to lanceolate or elliptic in outline, thick and coriaceous in texture, dark green above and paler green below, with entire or weakly serrate margins. Flowers are produced in drooping axillary fascicles of 8-30-flowers. The fragrant flowers have 5 green sepals, and a white to pinkish corolla that is cylindric to urceolate in outline. The fruit is a capsule. Coastal Doghobble is available from nurseries that specialize in native plants. It prefers a moist, shady area with sandy loam soil. It can be used as a ground cover, border plant, or in rock gardens. Provide good air flow to prevent fungal leafspot which can make the leaves unsightly.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyERICACEAE - Heath family
Genus Leucothoe
Species Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don - Coastal Doghobble

Citation

Citation Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17(33): 159. 1834.
Basionym: Andromeda axillaris Lam. 1783.
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Andromeda axillaris Andromeda axillaris Lamarck, Encycl. 1: 157. 1783.  
Andromeda catesbaei Andromeda catesbaei Walter, Fl. Carol. 137. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Fraser/Walter 6-H (neotype: BM). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 427. 2007.
Andromeda spinulosa Andromeda spinulosa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 293. 1814, nom. illegit.Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 
Andromeda walteri Andromeda walteri Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 453. 1809, nom. illegit.Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 
Eubotrys bracteata Eubotrys bracteata Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 8: 269. 1843. FLORIDA: "East Florida", without data, Ware s.n. (holotype: PH?).
Leucothoe platyphylla Leucothoe platyphylla Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 290. 1901. GEORGIA: Thomas Co.: Ochlokonee River near Thomasville, 28 May-6 Jun 1895, Small s.n. (holotype: NY).
Leucothoe spinulosa Leucothoe spinulosa G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 832. 1834, nom. illegit.Andromeda spinulosa Pursh 1814, nom. illegit.; Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 
Leucothoe walteri Leucothoe walteri Melvin, Castanea 42: 305. 1977, nom. illegit.Andromeda walteri Willdenow 1809, nom. illegit.; Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 
Leucothoe axillaris var. ambigens    
Leucothoe catesbaei Leucothoe catesbaei (Walter) A. Gray, Manual, ed. 2. 252. 1856.Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 
Lyonia axillaris Lyonia axillaris (Lamarck) K. Koch, Dendrologie 2: 124. 1872.Andromeda axillaris Lamarck 1783. 
Lyonia catesbaei Lyonia catesbaei (Walter) K. Koch, Dendrologie 2: 125. 1872.Andromeda catesbaei Walter 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Chambers, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Mobile, Monroe

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1877 - 2002

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000005628 Mobile 05 May 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3122.2		 USAM
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0030998 Henry 16 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26608		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D.Don
USAM000005627 Mobile 02 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4258.2		 USAM
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
AUA_ACC_50310 Dale 15 Apr 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8119		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_17692 Chambers 11 Jul 1969 Miller, L.C.
103		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_3725 Macon 28 Mar 1954 Rausch, R.A.
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UNA00034324 Dale 30 Mar 1980 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1733		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_37960 Baldwin 8 Feb 1983 Walker, Will
S. N.		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_10756 Lee 5 Apr 1963 Coats, Euel
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
ALNHS00003233 Houston 18 Mar 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-61		 ALNHS
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0038922 Covington 07 May 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5037		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_37046 Conecuh 9 Apr 1981 O'Halloran, K.
071		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0007935 Covington 01 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22620		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
AUA_ACC_3726 Lee 13 Apr 1951 Minton, Earl B.
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UNA00074142 Lee 25 Jun 1997 Miller, James H.
s.n.		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0056097 Baldwin 20 Sep 2022 Keener, Brian R.
12369		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
AUA000031927 Covington 7 May 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5037		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0007449 Monroe 29 Mar 1981 Kral, Robert
66787		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000018365 Houston 20 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67760		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
USAM000005626 Covington 16 Apr 1970 Kral, Robert
38599b		 USAM
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
JSU140249 Macon 29 Apr 1980 Pendergrass, Levester
31		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000004358 Coffee 03 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
458		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
AUA_ACC_45095 Mobile 11 Apr 1986 Malo, Lorne K.
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_37371 Monroe 28 Apr 1981 Henderson, T.
006		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0043295 Baldwin 28 Dec 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1176		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (L.) A. Gray
AUA_ACC_48835 Henry 31 Mar 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4331		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0007450 Monroe 29 Mar 1981 Kral, Robert
66787		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000018364 Henry 19 Apr 2005 Kral, Robert
96122		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000004361 Covington 29 Mar 1993 Haynes, Robert R.
9407		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
JSU140244 Macon 29 Apr 1980 Pendergrass, Levester
31		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00022118 Covington 29 Mar 1993 Haynes, Robert R.
9408		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_47563 Escambia 7 Nov 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3763		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
USAM000005625 Baldwin 26 Oct 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3873		 USAM
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0007446 Dale 30 Mar 1980 Kral, Robert
66803		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_56682 Crenshaw 30 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10276		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_11617 Lee 14 Apr 1965 Sanders, T.H.
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000024648 Escambia 09 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20565		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00057631 Conecuh 28 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12563		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0007448 Houston 20 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67760		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
JSU140257 Escambia 16 Apr 1949 Gaines, Xerpha M.
256		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0043294 Baldwin 29 Feb 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
283		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
ALNHS00003125 Geneva 6 Apr 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1609		 ALNHS
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UNA00034340 Mobile 09 Apr 1950 Crawford, Lloyd C.
863		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000004357 Coffee 03 Sep 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13654		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0017594 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26039		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
AUA_ACC_58475 Escambia 16 Apr 1999 Searcy, Darryl
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000004362 Escambia 19 May 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13205		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000030914 Lee 13 Apr 1951 Bell, Charles W.
s.n.		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0054182 Mobile 10 Jun 1995 Kral, R.
84983		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
JSU140250 Escambia 13 Mar 1961 Grelen, H.E.
501		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00047467 Conecuh 28 Mar 1994 Wendt, Tom
6619		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000018362 Conecuh 09 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20263		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00034325 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_52901 Dale 19 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5952		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000042547 Henry 16 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26608		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0034486 Houston 07 May 1995 Kral, Robert
84515		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D.Don
UWAL0007445 Conecuh 09 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20263		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000004364 Monroe 12 May 2000 Kral, Robert
89772		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000004359 Conecuh 28 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12563		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0057308 Coffee 07 Aug 2002 Davis, Malcolm L.
1599		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
JSU121677 Cleburne 25 Apr 1955 Hanson, Gene
s.n.		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00029094 Covington 27 Mar 1993 Haynes, Robert R.
9407		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_3727 Lee 13 Apr 1951 Bell, Charles W.
 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000042290 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26039		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00034319 Mobile 24 Apr 1877 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_29906 Macon 1 Apr 1974 Hutto, Nita
148		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000004360 Covington 14 Apr 1997 Holmes, Jeanese
L-8		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000018363 Dale 08 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96256		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UWAL0007447 Escambia 09 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20565		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
TROY000004356 Coffee 14 Nov 1978 Kral, Robert
63136		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000046668 Covington 07 May 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5037		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
TROY000033860 Covington 01 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22620		 TROY
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
JSU140258 Macon 29 Apr 1980 Pendergrass, Levester
31		 JSU
Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don
UNA00022113 Covington 29 Mar 1993 Haynes, Robert R.
9407		 UNA
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_49312 Henry 7 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5173		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
UWAL0005859 Conecuh 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69670		 UWAL
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
AUA_ACC_45551 Crenshaw 3 Apr 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3100		 AUA
Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
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