Eubotrys racemosus (Linnaeus) Nuttall. Common name: Coastal Fetterbush. Phenology: Late Mar-early Jun; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Swamps, pocosins, streambanks, and other wet places. Very rarely in scrubby flatwoods (c. FL). Distribution: E. MA south to c. peninsular FL and west to LA, primarily on the Coastal Plain; disjunct inland, as in c. and e. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; Andromeda racemosa L. — (basionym); = Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. — C, Fl5, FNA8, G, NE, NY, Tn, Va, WH3, Bush et al (2010), Judd et al (2012), orthographic (gender) variant; = Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A.Gray — GW2, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, Luteyn et al (1996); > Eubotrys elongata Small — S; > Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. — S; > Leucothoe elongata Small — S13; > Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A.Gray — S13; > Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A.Gray var. projecta Fernald — F; > Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A.Gray var. racemosa — F
Links to other floras: = Eubotrys racemosa - FNA8
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Height: to 6 ft.
plant sale text: Swamp doghobble is a small shrub in the Heath family that produces short wands of small, white urn-shaped flowers at the ends of its stems. It blooms just as its leaves are beginning to expand in the spring. Its thin, twisted stems give it an architectural appearance similar to some of our shrubby blueberries. At one time, it shared the genus of Leucothoe, but that genus has now been split to separate this deciduous species from the evergreen species.
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native range: eastern & southeastern U.S.