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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Northern Dwarf Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana
COMMON NAME:
Northern Dwarf Huckleberry, Bog Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana
4351
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Peat dome pocosins (in NC and VA), sandhill seepage bogs (SC), Chamaecyparis bogs (DE), generally growing in peat, forms transitional to var. dumosa in wet pinelands and disturbed pocosins, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen?
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate to narrowly campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
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