Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. glaucum
COMMON NAME:
Darrow's Blueberry
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths
June
Fruit glaucous, blue, and only 4-6mm in diameter, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths2
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths3
June
Leaves markedly glaucous and bluish-green, lacking stalked glands beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. glaucum
1582
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon in GA
Look for it in pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed narrowly urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black/Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p093
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p116
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p362