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Epigaea repens - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Asteraceae

Habitat

Sandy or rocky, acid soil.

Associates

Distribution

Newfoundland and Quebec to Saskatchewan, south to FL, MS, and IA.

Morphology

Creeping evergreen shrub; stems 20-40 cm, branches, hirsute, prostrate; leaves ovate or oblong, to 10 cm, entire, rounded or cordate at the base, often pilose especially when young; petiole pubescent, half as long as the blade; spikes 2-5 cm; bracts ciliate; corolla tube pink to white, 8-15 cm, lobes 6-8 mm.

Notes

Flowers late April to early May

Wetland indicator: NA

Plants in this genus are functionally dioecious, with flowers either pistillate with vestigial stamens or seemingly perfect but functionally staminate with unexpanded stigmas. In woods dominated by pines often on flat ground but in deciduous woods seems to do better on mounds or slopes where the prostrate stems are less likely to be buried by fallen leaves.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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