familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
speciesVaccinium tenellum
Vaccinium tenellum
Hort. Kew. 2: 12. 1789 ,.
Common names: Small black blueberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Cyanococcus tenellus (Aiton) Small
Plants forming extensive, open colonies, 1–7.5 dm; twigs yellowish green, ± terete, hairy. Leaves deciduous, rarely persistent; blade green, spatulate to elliptic, 13–40 × 3–17 mm, subcoriaceous, margins sharply to obscurely serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially, hairy especially when young, rarely glabrous. Flowers: calyx pale green, sometimes hairy; corolla usually white tinged with pink, cylindric, 5–9 mm; filaments ± hairy. Berries black, 6–8 mm diam., sometimes puberulent. Seeds 5–25, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat: Dry sand hills, pine barrens, scrubby oak woods, open pine parkland, and flatwoods subject to burning
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Vaccinium tenellum"
absent +
dehiscent +
inverted +
not flaky +
black +
puberulent +
green +
spatulate;elliptic +
subcoriaceous +
much shorter +
pale green +
hairy +
open +
extensive +
Small black blueberry +
aromatic +
absent +
white tinged with pink +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
cylindric +
fascicles +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
straight +
distinct +
hairy +
symmetric +
pendulous +
baccate +
ovoid;globose +
fleshy +
Dry sand hills, pine barrens, scrubby oak woods, open pine parkland, and flatwoods subject to burning +
absent +
simple +
cauline +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
serrate +
,;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 +
Hort. Kew. +
1846 +
2-10-flowered +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
10;25 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
absent +
Endemic +
included +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
brochidodromous +
Vaccinium tenellum +
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus +
species +
reticulate +
thin +
yellowish green +
hairy +
terete +
rhizomatous +
absent +
multicellular-hairy +