| Scientific Name: | Leucothoe axillaris |
| Common Name: | coast leucothoe |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Hedge row, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, lanceolate, most 7-10cm long x 2-3cm wide, margin serrulate, new leaves reddish before turning dark green, purplish-bronze in winter, petioles pink-red, most 2(-4)cm wide x 11(-15)cm long when mature; flowers clustered, urn-shaped, white. | |