Biology:Eubotrys recurva
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Eubotrys |
| Species: | E. recurva
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| Binomial name | |
| Eubotrys recurva (Buckley) Britton
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Eubotrys recurva is a plant species native to the Eastern United States. Common names include deciduous mountain fetterbush and red-twig doghobble.
Distribution and habitat
The plant grows in moist forests, bogs, granitic domes, etc., at elevations up to 1500 m (5000 feet). It has been reported from Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee , Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and New York State.[2]
Description
Eubotrys recurva is a branching shrub up to 4 m (13 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 8 cm (3.2 in) long. Flowers are campanulate, white to pale pink. Fruit is a dry capsule.[3][4][5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 512.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions ... 2: 688. 1913.
- ↑ Buckley, Samuel Botsford. American Journal of Science, and Arts 45(1): 172–173. 1843.
- ↑ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
- ↑ Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Wikidata ☰ Q16981795 entry
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