Leucothoë populifolia (Lam.) Dipp.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Leucothoë populifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/leucothoe/leucothoe-populifolia/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Synonyms

  • Andromeda populifolia Lam.
  • A. acuminata Ait.
  • Leucothoë acuminata (Ait.) G. Don

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
acute
Sharply pointed.
apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
axillary
Situated in an axil.
entire
With an unbroken margin.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
section
(sect.) Subdivision of a genus.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Leucothoë populifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/leucothoe/leucothoe-populifolia/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

An evergreen shrub said to attain a height of 12 ft in the wild, but usually 2 to 4 ft high in cultivation; stems glabrous, hollow except for fine plates of pith. Leaves glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, 114 to 4 in. long, slenderly tapered at the apex to an acute point, finely and irregularly serrated or entire, fairly conspicuously net-veined on both sides. Racemes axillary, peduncled, few-flowered; pedicels slender, 14 to 38 in. long. Calyx-lobes triangular. Corolla cylindric, white, about 38 in. long; filaments of stamens with an S-shaped bend near the apex; anthers not awned.

A native of the S.E. United States; introduced 1765, but not common in gardens. It is the only representative in the USA of the section Agastia, whose other members are found in Central America and Brazil. It is an elegant foliage-shrub, hardy in a sheltered place south of London and westwards. Its wood was used by the Indians for making pipe-stems.

From the Supplement (Vol. V)

This species has been transferred to the genus Agarista as A. populifolia (Lam.) Judd.

The typical section of this genus has its main development in South America, while the other section, which is monotypic, occurs in Central Africa and Madagascar. It is not treated in this work.