Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium virgatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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"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).
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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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 (Lance, 2004).
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 (Lance, 2004).
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
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