Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Gaylussacia orocola
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus orocola
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry, Blue Ridge Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Gaylussacia orocola
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus orocola
4352
Shrub
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Habitat: bogs, seepages over granite, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen?
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate to narrowly campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Black
Berry
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