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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia tomentosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Woolly Dangleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia tomentosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-003b:
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena tomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Dangleberry, Hairy Dangleberry, Hairytwig Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia tomentosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia tomentosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-003b:
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena tomentosa
2634
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, xeric coastal fringe sandhills, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA, rare in SC
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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
Dark blue, sometimes black
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
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p236
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p114
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p152
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p169
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