Vaccinium myrsinites |
Vaccinium tenellum |
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Florida evergreen blueberry, shiny blueberry |
small black blueberry, southern blueberry |
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Habit | Plants forming extensive open colonies, 1.4–10 dm; twigs bright green, ± angled, hairy in lines. | Plants forming extensive, open colonies, 1–7.5 dm; twigs yellowish green, ± terete, hairy. |
Leaves | persistent for 1+ years; blade green, elliptic, 5–9 × 3–5 mm, coriaceous, margins ± serrulate, surfaces glandular abaxially. |
deciduous, rarely persistent; blade green, spatulate to elliptic, 13–40 × 3–17 mm, subcoriaceous, margins sharply to obscurely serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially, hairy especially when young, rarely glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx pinkish white, becoming greenish, glabrous; corolla white to pink or red, ± urceolate, 4–8 mm; filaments ciliate along margins. |
calyx pale green, sometimes hairy; corolla usually white tinged with pink, cylindric, 5–9 mm; filaments ± hairy. |
Berries | black, 7–9 mm diam., glabrous. |
black, 6–8 mm diam., sometimes puberulent. |
Seeds | 4–13, ca. 1 mm. |
5–25, ca. 1 mm. |
2n | = 24, 48. |
= 24. |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
Vaccinium tenellum |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–spring. | Flowering winter–spring. |
Habitat | Flatwoods, sand-pine scrub, oak-palmetto scrub, scrubby flatwoods, rosemary balds | Dry sand hills, pine barrens, scrubby oak woods, open pine parkland, and flatwoods subject to burning |
Elevation | 0-30 m (0-100 ft) | 0-200 m (0-700 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; SC
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AL; FL; GA; MS; NC; SC; VA
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 527. | FNA vol. 8, p. 528. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cyanococcus myrsinites, V. nitidum | Cyanococcus tenellus |
Name authority | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 73. (1783) | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 12. 1789 , |
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