Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Herpothamnus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Vaccinium crassifolium
COMMON NAME:
Rayner's Blueberry
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Keith Bradley kab_v_sempervirens_0615
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Vaccinium crassifolium
2544
Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Native to South Carolina
Documented growing wild in - - SC
Rare, endemic to Lexington Co, SC, known from only a few sites
Look for it in seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pink
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p243
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p362
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p223