familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Oxycoccoides
speciesVaccinium erythrocarpum
Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. erythrocarpum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 517.
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Plants crown-forming (sometimes suckering or rhizomatous when injured); twigs of current season ± terete, smooth, hairy in lines. Leaf-blades green, elliptic or ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 40–70 × 15–30 mm, membranous, margins serrulate, abaxial surface glandular-hairy. Inflorescence bracts caducous, 2, basal. Pedicels nodding, to 1.5 cm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx lobes to 1 mm, glabrous; corolla deeply reflexed, white, pink, or rarely red; filaments pilose. Berries red, deep purple, or black, 6–15 mm diam., glabrous. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering late spring-mid summer.
Habitat: Wooded slopes, subalpine shrub lands, boggy areas, rocky slopes and thickets
Elevation: 600-2000 m
Distribution
Ga., N.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. erythrocarpum"
absent +
glandular-hairy +
dehiscent +
inverted +
not flaky +
glabrous +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate or spatulate +
membranous;coriaceous +
much shorter +
glabrous +
aromatic +
absent +
deciduous +
reflexed +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
cylindric +
fascicles +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
straight +
distinct +
pilose +
symmetric +
pendulous +
baccate +
ovoid;globose +
fleshy +
absent +
caducous +
green +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate +
membranous +
15mm;30mm +
simple +
deciduous +
cauline +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
serrulate +
,;plane +
revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
axile +
inferior +
lobed +
anatropous +
fascicles +
continuous +
nodding +
glabrous +
absent +
red;cream;pink bronze or green +
connate +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
1876 +
2-10-flowered +
terete +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
10;20 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
absent +
exserted +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
brochidodromous +
Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. erythrocarpum +
Vaccinium erythrocarpum +
subspecies +
reticulate +
thin +
united +
rhizomatous +
absent +
multicellular-hairy +