Leucothoe fontanesiana

 

학명  : Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

분류 : 진달래과(Ericaeae)

 

학명 풀이 : 

Leucothoe : Named for the daughter of King Orchamus of Persia in Greek mythology

fontanesiana ㅣ Named for René Louiche Desfontaines, 19th century French botanist and author

 

사진 : 2022.11.17 안면도수목원

 

 

국표식에 다음 3종이 등재되어 있다. 사진의 식물은 품종 Rainbow로 소개되어 있다. 

 

재배식물 정명 Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer 레우코토이 폰타네시아나 2011/12/08

재배식물 정명 Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana' 레우코토이 폰타네시아나 '나나' 2011/12/08

재배식물 정명 Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow' 레우코토이 폰타네시아나 '레인보우'

 

 

 

 

FNA

 

Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steudel) Sleumer, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 78: 438. 1959.

Mountain dog-laurel or dog-hobble, switch-ivy

 

Andromeda fontanesiana Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 88. 1840, based on A. lanceolata Desfontaines, Tabl. École Bot. ed. 3, 398. 1829, not Wallich 1820; Leucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don var. editorum (Fernald & B. G. Schubert) H. E. Ahles

 

Plants 1-2 m, branches spread-ing. Leaves: petiole 10-15 mm; blade oblong, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, 3-8 cm, margins entire or spinulose-serrulate, apex acute to long-acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely pilose. Inflorescences fascicled or solitary, sessile, dense, 20-60-flowered, 4-10 cm; bracts ± persistent, ovate-deltate, 1.7-2.2 mm. Pedicels 2-2.5 mm. Flowers: sepals whitish, lanceolate-ovate, 1.7-2 mm, apex acute or subacute; corolla cylindric, 5-7 mm; filaments papillate (sometimes also spreading-hairy); anthers 1.2-1.5 mm, with 2 awns, thecae divergent distally; ovary glabrous. Capsules 5-6 mm wide. Seeds ellipsoid or oblong; testa firm, reticulate. 2n = 22.

 

Flowering mid spring. Woods along mountain streams, mountain ravines, moist slopes, often associated with Rhododendron maximum; 200-2000 m; Ala., Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.