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Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Leucothoe D. Don (イワナンテン)
L. fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer (アメリカイワナンテン)
Amerika-iwananten (アメリカイワナンテン, 亜米利加岩南天), highland doghobble, fetter-bush, mountain doghobble or switch ivy
Seiyou-iwananten (セイヨウイワナンテン, 西洋岩南天)
Lifeform: evergreen shrub < 2 m in height
Distribution: southeastern USA
Habitat: cool, shady ravines along streams in mountainous regions
Leaf: hair at the backside, petiole = reddish
Inflorescence: 8-60 flowers
Synonyms:

Leucothoe catesbaei, sensu A. Gray

L. axillaris (Lam.) D. Don, coastal doghobble
Lifeform: evergreen shrub
Distribution: southeastern USA
Habitat: blackwater, floodplain and coastal plain
Usa: groundcover
索引

Leucothoe fontanesiana transplanted in Japan


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[1-3] near the Hijiribashiguchi Gate of JR Ochanomizu Station on November 6 2024.

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