Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Herpothamnus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vaccinium sempervirens (Ericaceae), a new species from Atlantic White-cedar bogs in the sandhills of South Carolina (Rayner & Henderson, 1980)
Vaccinium sempervirens
COMMON NAME:
Rayner's Blueberry
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April Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
Fine glandular teeth most obvious near leaf tips. Flowers white, urn-shaped, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vaccinium sempervirens (Ericaceae), a new species from Atlantic White-cedar bogs in the sandhills of South Carolina (Rayner & Henderson, 1980)
Vaccinium sempervirens
2544
Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina
Rare (endemic to Lexington Co, SC)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins thickened, with glandular-serrate teeth
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior 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) p243
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p322
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p362
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p223
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