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Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium tenellum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium tenellum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-004:
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus tenellus
COMMON NAME:
Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vate3_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtenellum_cabin
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Low-growing, rhizomatous, colonial shrub, 4-12" tall. Leaves deciduous, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium tenellum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium tenellum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium tenellum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-004:
Vaccinium tenellum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus tenellus
1590
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, Piedmont hardpan woodlands, other xeric woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare in GA Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins minutely toothed
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
PInk/Whitish
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p245
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p339
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p243
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p117
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p176
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p367
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p056
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