photos, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
Botanical name: | Eubotrys racemosa |
Common name: | flattened pipewort |
Synonyms: | Eubotrys��longata Leucothoe��elongata Leucothoe racemosa |
Group: | dicot |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Growth type: | shrub |
Duration: | perennial |
Origin: | native |
Plant height: | 5-10' |
Foliage: | alternate, toothed |
Flower: | white bell shaped flowers in one sided racemes |
Flowering time: | blooms early April to May; fruit begins to mature in May |
Habitat: | moist, acid ground of woods and shaded edges, barrens, swamps |
Range in New Jersey: | statewide, decreasing northward |
Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
Distribution: | |
Misc. | Stone, in 1910, says "the long one-sided racemes remind one of the Chamaedaphne; but they are much less conspicuous, blooming when the leaves are well-developed" (617). |