This is a picture of doghobble in bloom that I took in the Smokies. Its proper name is Leucothoe and there are about 45 different kinds. It is a member of the blueberry family as can be seen by the shape of the flowers. The shrubs have a habit of weeping over and rooting wherever they touch the ground, so they have accumulated common names like doghobble and witch hobble referring to the almost impenetrable thickets they form. You really could loose a good coon dog in one of those thickets, or a bad witch.
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