Vaccinium arboreum |
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farkleberry, sparkleberry |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, trunks to 35 cm diam. at breast height; twigs of current season reddish green, glabrous, glaucous, or glandular-hairy, not verrucose. |
Leaf | blades pale green, glaucous, obovate to oblong, 22–40 × 12–20 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous or glandular-hairy abaxially, glabrous and lustrous adaxially. |
Inflorescence | bracts ± persistent. |
Pedicels | slender, 0.8–1.2 cm. |
Flowers | calyx 21–29 × 7–13 mm; corolla white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. |
Berries | shiny black, 7–9 mm diam. 2n = 24. |
Vaccinium arboreum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Discussion | Vaccinium arboreum is rare and local in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 525. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Batodendron |
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Synonyms | Batodendron arboreum, V. arboreum var. glaucescens |
Name authority | Marshall: Arbust. Amer., 157. 1785 , |
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