View source for Vaccinium tenellum

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Vaccinium tenellum
|accepted_authority=Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Kew.
|place=2: 12. 1789 ,
}}
|common_names=Small black blueberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus tenellus
|authority=(Aiton) Small
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus;Vaccinium tenellum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vaccinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium tenellum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 517
|treatment_page=page 528
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming extensive, open colonies, 1–7.5 dm; twigs yellowish green, ± terete, hairy. <b>Leaves</b> 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. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx pale green, sometimes hairy; corolla usually white tinged with pink, cylindric, 5–9 mm; filaments ± hairy. <b>Berries</b> black, 6–8 mm diam., sometimes puberulent. <b>Seeds</b> 5–25, ca. 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering winter–spring.
|habitat=Dry sand hills, pine barrens, scrubby oak woods, open pine parkland, and flatwoods subject to burning
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
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|references=
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name=Vaccinium tenellum
|author=
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Cyanococcus tenellus
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering winter–spring.
|habitat=Dry sand hills, pine barrens, scrubby oak woods, open pine parkland, and flatwoods subject to burning
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Kew.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1027.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
|species=Vaccinium tenellum
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