Ericaceae
Coastal doghobble
Leucothoe axillaris
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 木藜芦
- Danish
- Akseldruelyng, Leucothoë axiliaris
- English
- Coastal doghobble
- Japanese
- アメリカイワナンテン, セイヨウイワナンテン
Synonyms
- Andromeda axillaris Lam.
- Andromeda catesbaei Walter
- Andromeda hahniana Meerb.
- Andromeda halmiana Steud.
- Andromeda longifolia Pursh
- Andromeda spinulosa Pursh
- Leucothoe axillaris var. ambigens Fernald
- Leucothoe axillaris var. axillaris
- Leucothoe catesbaei (Walter) A.Gray
- Leucothoe platyphylla Small
- Leucothoe spinulosa (Pursh) G.Don
- Lyonia axillaris (Lam.) K.Koch
- Lyonia catesbaei (Walter) K.Koch
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.