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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Epigaea repens
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Trailing arbutus

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Epigaea repens

ALSO KNOWN AS

Ground laurel, Mayflower

Plant family

Heath (Ericaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Trailing-arbutus becomes a creeping mat, commonly only 4-6 in. high with broad, oval, leathery leaves.
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Identification hints

Trailing-arbutus becomes a creeping mat, commonly only 4-6 in. high with broad, oval, leathery leaves. The twigs bear the leaves and are often covered in small, rusty-colored hairs. The flowers are small, white to pink, with five petals and ten stamens.
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Another common name for trailing arbutus is "mayflower". This plant was adopted as the state flower of Massachusetts in 1918. The genus name "Epigaea" means "on the earth", referring to the trailing nature of this plant.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Mississippi , North Carolina , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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