Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dryland Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus pallidus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus vacillans
COMMON NAME:
Dryland Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Hillside Blueberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vapa4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vava_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1324
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0304d_12
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Small shrub reaching up to 2-3' tall. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm110417_089
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Lvs 1-2" long, elliptical, on short petiole, dull green above, pale beneath. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9322
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6708
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and2
April Anderson County SC
Calyx and corolla glabrous, often glaucous. Calyx lobes acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and4
April Anderson County SC
Flowers urn-shaped, white tinged with green or pink, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and5
April Anderson County SC
Stems are green. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm110510_354
May Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm0307k_31
July Greenville County SC
Berry glaucous, blue, 5-10mm long, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s070920_e
September Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm071028_125
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus pallidus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus vacillans
1591
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: forested slopes, usually rather xeric, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Greenish pink
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindro-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p264
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p167
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p115
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p308
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p176
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p131
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p318
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p366
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p128