Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium virgatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium virgatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-005:
Vaccinium amoenum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
North American blueberries w notes on other groups of Vacciniaceae (Camp, 1945)
Vaccinium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus amoenus
COMMON NAME:
Rabbiteye Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Rabbitberry, Smallflower Blueberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vavi2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vac_virgatum1
May Scotland County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vac_virgatum1b
May Scotland County NC
Berry 8-15mm, black, lustrous [when ripe], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vac_virgatum3
May Scotland County NC
Leaves green and stipitate-glandular beneath; margin minutely toothed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium virgatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium virgatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-005:
Vaccinium amoenum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
North American blueberries w notes on other groups of Vacciniaceae (Camp, 1945)
Vaccinium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus amoenus
1577
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC (a Southeastern Coastal Plain species)
Habitat: pocosins and Chamaecyparis swamps, also in various drier habitats, including turkey oak sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
PInk/Whitish
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p116?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p367