OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:

Vaccinium vacillans   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

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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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to serrulate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Greenish pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindro-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry

 

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