North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Ericaceae > Chamaedaphne (leatherleaf, cassandra)
	Leatherleaf, Cassandra (Chamaedaphne calyculata) Bladen Co., NC 25 March 2007 Rare in the North Carolina mountains and generally rare but locally common in the coastal plain, Leatherleaf grows in bogs, bays, and pocosin habitats.
	Leatherleaf, Cassandra (Chamaedaphne calyculata) Bladen Co., NC 25 March 2007 Chamaedaphne is a monotypic genus, meaning there's only one species in this genus (and this is it)!
	Leatherleaf, Cassandra (Chamaedaphne calyculata) Bladen Co., NC 25 March 2007 Urn shaped flowers appear in spring.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.