NameThatPlant.net: Vaccinium tenellum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Small Black Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Vaccinium tenellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-004:

Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus tenellus

COMMON NAME:
Small Black Blueberry, Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry

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image of Vaccinium tenellum, Small Black Blueberry, Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vate3_001_lvd

Patrick D. McMillan pdmvtenellum_cabin

Month Unknown Clarendon County SC

Low-growing, rhizomatous, colonial shrub, 4-12" tall. Leaves deciduous, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Vaccinium tenellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-004:
Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus tenellus

1590

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other xeric woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies

FLOWER:
Spring
PInk/Whitish
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry

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