Agarista populifolia
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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: | Agarista |
| Species: | A. populifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Agarista populifolia | |
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Agarista populifolia is a plant species in the family Ericaceae with the common name of Florida hobblebush. It forms dense thickets which are difficult to penetrate, thus the common name. Stems often lean and arching. It is found in the southeastern United States inhabiting moist to wet woodlands. It is an evergreen shrub with small white flowers on the underside of its arching branches.[2][3][4]
References[]
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora of North America v 8 p 499.
- ^ Judd, Walter Stephen. 1979. Generic relations in the Andromedeae (Ericaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60(4): 477-503.
- ^ Les, Donald H (2017). Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1351644402.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Vaccinioideae
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Flora of Florida
- Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Ericaceae stubs