Florida hobblebush, Agarista populifolia (Lam.) W.S. Judd, which is synonymous with Leucothoe populifolia (Lam.) Dippel, was initially collected by William Bartram under the name Andromeda formosissima, but as is often the case he is not credited with the discovery due to complications related to the American Revaluation. Florida hobblebush is also called pipestem because the stems are hollow. Pipestem is similar to fetterbush, Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer, also known as highland doghobble, and sweetbells, L. axillaris (Lam.) D. Don , also known as coastal doghobble, as well as spamp doghobble, Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt., which is synonymous with L. racemosa (L.) A. Gray, considering that all were once in the same genus besides being in the same family as azaleas, Rhododendron L. and blueberries, Vaccinium L. Pipestem is an evergreen shrub that is actually native from coastal North Carolina to Florida to and it has white flowers that are borne in May.
