Leucothoe catesbaei
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Leucothoe catesbaei, Gray (Andromeda axillaris, Michx. A. Catesbsei, Walt.). To 6 ft., similar to the former, with glabrous, slender and more arching branches: leaves longer-petioled, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, ciliately appressed-serrate, glossy above, usually light green beneath, glabrous, 3-7 in. long: racemes larger; sepals narrower; corolla over 1/4 in. long: white, usually reddish in bud. April, May. Va.to Ga. —This species is handsomer than the former, and also somewhat hardier: leaves and fl.-buds assume a beautiful purple hue late in fall which is retained through the winter. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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