Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elevations of less than .Flora of North America v 8 p 509Ingram, J. W. 1979. Leucothoe revisited (Ericaceae). Baileya 20: 141-145.
Leucothoe axillaris is a branching shrub up to tall. Leaves are up to long. Flowers are white, cylindrical, up to long. Fruit is a dry capsule.Don, David. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 159. 1834.Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 157. 1783.Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
The cultivar = 'Zeblid' has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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