Epigaea repens

Epigaea repens

Taxobox
name = "Epigaea repens"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Epigaea"
species = "E. repens"
binomial = "Epigaea repens"
binomial_authority = L.

"Epigaea repens" (Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus) is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky and the Northwest Territory. It can also be found in parts of Central Europe and Western Africa.

The species flowers are pink, fading to nearly white, very fragrant, about 1/2 in. across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches. Calyx of 5 dry overlapping sepals; corolla salver-shaped, the slender, hairy tube spreading into 5 equal lobes; 10 stamens; 1 pistil with a column-like style and a 5-lobed stigma. Stem: Spreading over the ground (Epigaea = on the earth); woody, the leafy twigs covered with rusty hairs. Leaves: Alternate, oval, rounded at the base, smooth above, more or less hairy below, evergreen, weather-worn, on short, rusty, hairy petioles.

Slow growing, it prefers moist, acidic (hummus) soil, and shade.

"Epigaea repens" is the floral emblem of both Massachusetts and Nova Scotia.

ee also

*List of U.S. state flowers
*List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols

References

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* [http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/2-7.htm The General Laws of Massachusetts Chapter 2: Section 7. Flower or floral emblem of commonwealth]

External links

* [http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/DENDROLOGY/Syllabus2/factsheet.cfm?ID=835 Dendrology at Virginia Tech: "Epigaea repens"]
* [http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/e/epirep/epirep1.html Plant UConn Database: "Epigaea repens"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPRE2 USDA Plants Profile: "Epigaea repens"]


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  • Epigaea repens — Arbutus Ar bu*tus, Arbute Ar bute, n. [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. [1913 Webster] {Trailing arbutus} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Epigaea repens L. — Symbol EPRE2 Common Name trailing arbutus Botanical Family Ericaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Epigaea repens — noun low growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers • Syn: ↑trailing arbutus, ↑mayflower • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Epigaea — Ep i*g[ae] a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. epi upon + ? earth.] (Bot.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species ({E. repens}), the trailing arbutus. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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