Evergreen shrub mostly 1-2 m tall. Branches arching, reddish. Leaves about 10-15 cm, lanceolate and tapering to a fine point, margins spiny toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters about 5 cm long, individual flowers white; spring. [L. catesbaei (Walter) A. Gray]
SE North America
Source: (1997). Ericaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'
New growth bright red; leaves variegated pink and cream at first, later white and green.
The cultivar sometimes sold as 'Variegated' probably belongs here.