Ericaceae
Highland doghobble
Leucothoe fontanesiana
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 长叶木藜芦
- English
- Highland doghobble, Leucothoë editorum
- Finnish
- Rotkovititerttu
- Polish
- Kiścień wawrzynowy
Synonyms
- Andromeda fontanesiana Steud.
- Andromeda lanceolata Desf.
- Leucothoe axillaris var. editorum (Fernald & B.G.Schub.) H.E.Ahles
- Leucothoe editorum Fernald & B.G.Schub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: José Garrido, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zm77, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Terri Koontz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mutante, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, 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.