Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1589
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Ericaceae
Vaccinium stamineum +

LESS THAN
PLANTS National Database: Ericaceae
Vaccinium stamineum

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Ericaceae
145-19-002a
Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum

Common Name:
Deerberry

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it usually in xeric woodlands, and, depending on variety, in other habitats, per Weakley's Flora



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...Dry

Leaves:
Simple

Flower:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate-campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Green/Pink/Yellowish/Purple
Berry

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p204?
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p264
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p115
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p298
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p186
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p154
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p29




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image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
JK Marlow      jkm0405i_23


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
JK Marlow      jkm0405t_03


May
Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
JK Marlow      jkm0405t_13


May
Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
JK Marlow      jkm0505l_12


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvstamineum_pinesteed1


May
SC
Francis Marion National Forest

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvstamineum_columbia


May?
Richland County SC

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvstamineum_laurnspine


May?

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvstamineum_pineagt2


June

 

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum, image of Vaccinium stamineum +
JK Marlow      jkm0310h_07


October
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

"Modern botanical classification groups plants by sexual (reproductive) characteristics, but there are other ways to group plants.... The Chinese divide plants into yin and yang (female and male) as well as by taste and by the elements of wood, fire, earth, water, and metal." — Joyce A. Wardwell, The Herbal Home Remedy Book