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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Box Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The report in Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) is based on misidentification of plants later named as Vaccinium sempervirens, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE GENUS NAME PREOCCUPIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buxella brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Vaccinium brachycerum
COMMON NAME:
Box Huckleberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gabr5_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia brachycera
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaylussacia brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE GENUS NAME PREOCCUPIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buxella brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Vaccinium brachycerum
595
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4-5 lobed calyx
4-5 lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p235
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p114
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p150
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