familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Herpothamnus
speciesVaccinium crassifolium
Vaccinium crassifolium
Bot. Repos. 2: plate 105. 1800,.
Endemic
Synonyms: Herpothamnus crassifolius (Andrews) Small Vaccinium crassifolium subsp. sempervirens (D. A. Rayner & J. Henderson) W. B. Kirkman & Ballington Vaccinium sempervirens
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Plants extensively mat-forming (often by layering), with erect branches from lateral buds, rooting and/or swelling into woody burls at nodes; twigs of current-year reddish green, terete, finely hairy, not verrucose. Leaf-blades dark green, elliptic to obovate, (10–) 12–15 (–39) × (4–) 5–7 (–24) mm, coriaceous, margins ± entire, surfaces glabrescent. Pedicels 0.1–0.3 cm. Flowers: calyx lobes distinct; corolla usually white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries black, 6–8 mm diam., insipid. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Coastal plain, open pine flatwoods, pine barrens, pocosin ecotones and associated disturbed areas, road cuts, fire trails, mown roadsides
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Ga., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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absent +
dehiscent +
inverted +
not flaky +
black +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate or spatulate +
membranous;coriaceous +
much shorter +
erect +
woody +
distinct +
aromatic +
absent +
white +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
urceolate +
fascicles +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
straight +
distinct +
symmetric +
pendulous +
baccate +
ovoid;globose +
fleshy +
preceding +
Coastal plain, open pine flatwoods, pine barrens, pocosin ecotones and associated disturbed areas, road cuts, fire trails, mown roadsides +
absent +
axillary +
dark green +
elliptic;obovate +
coriaceous +
5mm;7mm +
simple +
persistent +
cauline +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
,;plane +
revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
axile +
inferior +
lobed +
anatropous +
fascicles +
articulated +
absent +
red;cream;pink bronze or green +
connate +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
Bot. Repos. +
1941 +
2-4-flowered +
not verrucose +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
5;10 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
absent +
Endemic +
included +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
brochidodromous +
glabrescent +
Vaccinium crassifolium +
Vaccinium sect. Herpothamnus +
species +
reticulate +
thin +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
rooting +
trailing +
absent +
multicellular-hairy +
swelling +