Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia mosieri
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia mosieri
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia mosieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus mosieri
COMMON NAME:
Mosier's Huckleberry, Hirsute Huckleberry
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Alan S. Weakley asw_2889944757805212
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Young twigs, raceme axes, flwr stalks, & floral tubes bearing long spreading silvery-silky hairs, per Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_955052835632919
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Flowers in axillary, usually few-flowered, bracteate racemes on wood of the preceding season, per Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgmosieri_ths
June
Fruit insipid, black [when ripe], conspicuously glandular-hairy, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia mosieri
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia mosieri
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia mosieri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus mosieri
2542
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas and seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
4-5 lobed campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p114
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p152
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