**Coast leucothoe
**Leucothoe axillaris
COAST LEUCOTHOE
Ericaceae
S.E. North America
Location: map coordinates D-31 (north corner of Price Building), N 39°11'15'' W 75°32'26''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
**Adventive species (not native to Delaware, but native to N. America and now growing wild in DE), on Delaware coastal plain
COAST LEUCOTHOE
Ericaceae
S.E. North America
Location: map coordinates D-31 (north corner of Price Building), N 39°11'15'' W 75°32'26''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
- evergreen shrub
- etymology: Leucothoe after Leucothoe in Greek mythology, who was changed into a shrub by her lover Apollo; axillaris = axillary (for location of flower clusters in leaf axils)
- leaves simple; shiny, dark green, leathery
- flowers showy; white, urceolate (urn-shaped), in axillary clusters (racemes); fragrant
- low-growing; matures slowly to 3’-4’
- native Florida to SE Virginia; cultivated and occasionally escaping to woods in Delaware in Kent and Sussex Counties
**Adventive species (not native to Delaware, but native to N. America and now growing wild in DE), on Delaware coastal plain
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