Epigaea repens Linnaeus

Epigaea repens Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• épigée rampante Marie-Victorin, 1995
• épigée fleur-de-mai Lamoureux, 2002
• fleur de mai Marie-Victorin, 1995

• trailing arbutus Hinds, 2000
• creeping mayflower Newmaster et al., 1998
• ground laurel FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• mayflower FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Synonyms

• Epigaea repens var. glabrifolia Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Epigaea repens var. rubicunda D. Don FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Epigaea rubicunda (D. Don) Steudel

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Ericoideae
Tribe	Phyllodoceae
Genus	Epigaea
Species	Epigaea repens

Habit

Herb