familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Batodendron
speciesVaccinium arboreum
Vaccinium arboreum
Arbust. Amer., 157. 1785 ,.
Common names: Farkleberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nuttall Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens (Greene) Sargent
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Shrubs or trees, trunks to 35 cm diam. at breast height; twigs of current season reddish green, glabrous, glaucous, or glandular-hairy, not verrucose. Leaf-blades pale green, glaucous, obovate to oblong, 22–40 × 12–20 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous or glandular-hairy abaxially, glabrous and lustrous adaxially. Inflorescence bracts ± persistent. Pedicels slender, 0.8–1.2 cm. Flowers: calyx 21–29 × 7–13 mm; corolla white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries shiny black, 7–9 mm diam. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands
Elevation: 0-800 m
Distribution
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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.
Discussion
Vaccinium arboreum is rare and local in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Vaccinium arboreum"
absent +
dehiscent +
inverted +
not flaky +
black +
shiny +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate or spatulate +
membranous;coriaceous +
much shorter +
Farkleberry +
aromatic +
absent +
white +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
campanulate;urceolate +
fascicles +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
straight +
distinct +
symmetric +
pendulous +
baccate +
ovoid;globose +
fleshy +
absent +
persistent +
pale green +
glaucous +
obovate;oblong +
coriaceous +
12mm;20mm +
simple +
deciduous +
cauline +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
,;plane +
revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
axile +
inferior +
lobed +
anatropous +
fascicles +
articulated +
slender +
absent +
red;cream;pink bronze or green +
connate +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
woody +
Arbust. Amer., +
1846 +
5-17-flowered +
reddish green +
not verrucose +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
2;7 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
absent +
Endemic +
included +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
brochidodromous +
lustrous +
Vaccinium arboreum +
Vaccinium sect. Batodendron +
species +
reticulate +
thin +
not rhizomatous +
absent +
multicellular-hairy +