Vaccinium crassifolium

Andrews

Bot. Repos. 2: plate 105. 1800,.

Endemic
Synonyms: Herpothamnus crassifolius (Andrews) Small Vaccinium crassifolium subsp. sempervirens (D. A. Rayner & J. Henderson) W. B. Kirkman & Ballington Vaccinium sempervirens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 525. Mentioned on page 516.

Plants extensively mat-forming (often by layering), with erect branches from lateral buds, rooting and/or swelling into woody burls at nodes; twigs of current year reddish green, terete, finely hairy, not verrucose. Leaf blades dark green, elliptic to obovate, (10–)12–15(–39) × (4–)5–7(–24) mm, coriaceous, margins ± entire, surfaces glabrescent. Pedicels 0.1–0.3 cm. Flowers: calyx lobes distinct; corolla usually white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries black, 6–8 mm diam., insipid. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Coastal plain, open pine flatwoods, pine barrens, pocosin ecotones and associated disturbed areas, road cuts, fire trails, mown roadsides
Elevation: 0-200 m

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Sam P. Vander Kloet +
Andrews +
Herpothamnus +
Ga. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0-200 m +
Coastal plain, open pine flatwoods, pine barrens, pocosin ecotones and associated disturbed areas, road cuts, fire trails, mown roadsides +
Flowering late spring. +
Bot. Repos. +
Herpothamnus crassifolius +, Vaccinium crassifolium subsp. sempervirens +  and Vaccinium sempervirens +
Vaccinium crassifolium +
Vaccinium sect. Herpothamnus +
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