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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia nana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia nana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia nana
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Gaylussacia nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gaylussacia frondosa var. nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena nana
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Dangleberry, Confederate Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia nana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia nana
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia nana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Gaylussacia nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Gaylussacia frondosa var. nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena nana
4857
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
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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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p341
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p236
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p152
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