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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia frondosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dangleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia frondosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia frondosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-003a:
Gaylussacia frondosa var. frondosa FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena frondosa
COMMON NAME:
Dangleberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gafr2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gafr2_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_028
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves subcoriaceous, yellow-green to glaucous, w obtuse to emarginate apices, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_029
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Young twigs glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_029b
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers greenish-white to pinkish, bracts small, stalks short-hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgfrondosa_cabin1
April-May? Clarendon County SC
Leaves glabrous or pubescent beneath, often glaucous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgfrondosa_cabin2
April-May? Clarendon County SC
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Sharleen Johnson shj_475774684679800
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia frondosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia frondosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia frondosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-003a:
Gaylussacia frondosa var. frondosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena frondosa
2050
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic, acidic woodlands, especially in sandhill-pocosin and savanna-pocosin ecotones, also in xeric chestnut oak forests in the lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate to urceolate-campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p342?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p251
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p341
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p356
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p189
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p235
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p298
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p152
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p169
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