Agarista populifolia is a plant species in the family Ericaceae with the common name of Florida hobblebush. It forms dense thickets which are difficult to penetrate, thus the common name. Stems often arching. It is found in the southeastern United States inhabiting moist to wet woodlands. It is an evergreen shrub with small white flowers on the underside of its arching branches.[3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Agarista |
| Species: | A. populifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Agarista populifolia | |
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References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Agarista populifolia". NatureServe Explorer Agarista populifolia. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora of North America v 8 p 499.
- ^ Judd, Walter Stephen. 1979. Generic relations in the Andromedeae (Ericaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60(4): 477-503.
- ^ Les, Donald H (2017). Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1351644402.
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