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Gaylussacia nana

confederate huckleberry, dwarf dangleberry
Habit Plants 2–6(–10) dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches erect; young twigs pale green, densely hairy (hairs relatively short, curled).
Leaves

petiole 2–3 mm;

blade glaucous abaxially, dull green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–4 × 1–2 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely short-hairy (longer hairs ca. 0.1 mm) and sessile-glandular abaxially.
Inflorescences

drooping, 2–4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous or pilose;

bracts early-deciduous, leaflike or not, 5–6 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular.
Pedicels

8–15(–20) mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular;

bracteoles 1–2, 1–2.5 mm.
Flowers

sepals 5, (glaucous), 1–1.2 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular or not;

petals 5, corolla greenish white, campanulate-conic, 3–5 mm, lobes deltate, ca. 1 mm;

filaments 0.5–1 mm, ciliate;

anthers included (tips barely exserted), 2.5 mm, thecae not divergent distally;

ovary glabrous.
Drupes

juicy, sweet, dark blue, sometimes black, rarely white, glaucous, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous.
Seeds

1.5 mm.

Gaylussacia nana
Phenology Flowering late spring.
Habitat Xeric to dry pine uplands and sand ridges, xeric to moist pine flatwoods and savannas, ecotones of seepage bogs and depressional wetlands, infrequently in wet soils
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC
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Discussion

Gaylussacia nana is a coastal plain endemic; it is distinguished by the glabrate and glaucous abaxial faces of leaves and the relatively large, glaucous to glaucescent fruits. Recent field work and herbarium studies have extended its known range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 534.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Gaylussacia
Sibling taxa
G. baccata, G. bigeloviana, G. brachycera, G. dumosa, G. frondosa, G. mosieri, G. orocola, G. tomentosa, G. ursina
Synonyms G. frondosa var. nana, Decachaena nana
Name authority (A. Gray) Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 443. 1897 ,
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