Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Rabbiteye Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

"In a notoriously difficult genus, Vaccinium virgatum is a snap to identify because its oval shiny leaves are serrate and bear on their undersurface blackish glands similar to those borne by its dwarf relative V. tenellum. Vaccinium virgatum is much grosser in dimensions than V. tenellum. Both are rhizomatous and often grow together, but are easily distinguished..." per Uttal (1989). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium corymbosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Vaccinium virgatum

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

INCLUDING North American blueberries w notes on other groups of Vacciniaceae (Camp, 1945)

Vaccinium virgatum

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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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium corymbosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium virgatum

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

INCLUDING North American blueberries w notes on other groups of Vacciniaceae (Camp, 1945)
Vaccinium virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus amoenus