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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Gaylussacia orocola

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:

Gaylussacia dumosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Lasiococcus orocola

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry, Blue Ridge Huckleberry


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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia orocola

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

 

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4352

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seepages over granite, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen?
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate to narrowly campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood

FRUIT:
Black
Berry

 

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