Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
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hairy blueberry, small cluster blueberry, woolly berry, wooly berry |
Florida evergreen blueberry, shiny blueberry |
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Habit | Plants forming open colonies, 2–5(–7.5) dm; twigs green, slightly angled, pilose or hairy. | Plants forming extensive open colonies, 1.4–10 dm; twigs bright green, ± angled, hairy in lines. |
Leaves | deciduous; blade green, elliptic, 23–62 × 10–36 mm, subcoriaceous, margins entire, surfaces densely hairy, eglandular abaxially. |
persistent for 1+ years; blade green, elliptic, 5–9 × 3–5 mm, coriaceous, margins ± serrulate, surfaces glandular abaxially. |
Flowers | calyx green, glandular-hairy; corolla white, cylindric, 5–9 mm, (glandular-hairy); filaments hairy. |
calyx pinkish white, becoming greenish, glabrous; corolla white to pink or red, ± urceolate, 4–8 mm; filaments ciliate along margins. |
Berries | black, 7–9 mm diam., hairy. |
black, 7–9 mm diam., glabrous. |
Seeds | 3–9, ca. 1 mm. |
4–13, ca. 1 mm. |
2n | = 48. |
= 24, 48. |
Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering winter–spring. |
Habitat | Dry oak-pine ridges and mountain meadows | Flatwoods, sand-pine scrub, oak-palmetto scrub, scrubby flatwoods, rosemary balds |
Elevation | 600-1500 m (2000-4900 ft) | 0-30 m (0-100 ft) |
Distribution |
GA; NC; TN
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AL; FL; GA; SC
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Discussion | Vaccinium hirsutum is uncommon (but not threatened) in Tennessee, rare in North Carolina, and probably extirpated in Georgia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 529. | FNA vol. 8, p. 527. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cyanococcus hirsutus | Cyanococcus myrsinites, V. nitidum |
Name authority | Buckley: Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 175. 1843 , | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 73. (1783) |
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