NameThatPlant.net: Gaylussacia dumosa

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Southern Dwarf Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae

COMMON NAME:
Southern Dwarf Huckleberry

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae

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

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other xeric to mesic, acidic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in GA Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
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:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

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