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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Gaylussacia mosieri
|accepted_authority=Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Torreya
|place=27: 36. 1927 ,
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|common_names=Hirsute huckleberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lasiococcus mosieri
|authority=(Small) Small
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|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaylussacia;Gaylussacia mosieri
|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>[[Gaylussacia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gaylussacia mosieri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 531
|treatment_page=page 533
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>3–10(–15) dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches somewhat spreading; twigs of current season pale green, often finely glandular-hairy (hairs reddish). <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–2 mm; blade pale green abaxially, green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–5 × 0.7–2.5 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces stipitate-glandular-hairy and eglandular-hairy (hairs relatively shorter), abaxial surface also sessile-glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> spreading, 4–8-flowered, bracteate, 3–6 cm, often glandular-hairy (hairs silvery-silky, reddish, 1–1.5 mm); bracts persistent, leaflike, 5–12 mm at maturity, longer than pedicels, hairy and stipitate-glandular-hairy. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–7 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy; bracteoles 1–2, 3–6 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, 2–3 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 1–1.5 mm); petals 4–5, corolla white or pinkish, campanulate, 6.5–8.5 mm (averaging 7.4 mm), lobes triangular, 1.2–1.7 mm; filaments 3–4 mm, glabrous; anthers included, 2.5–4.3 mm, thecae divergent distally; ovary stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 1–1.5 mm). <b>Drupes</b> juicy, sweet, glossy black, 6–9 mm diam., stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs to 1 mm). <b>Seeds</b> 2–2.3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Pitcher plant bogs, hillside seepage bogs, wet pine savannas and flatwoods
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.
|discussion=<p><i>Gaylussacia mosieri</i> is an eastern Gulf coastal plain endemic found in <i>Sarracenia</i>-dominated seepage bogs; it is related to <i>G. bigeloviana</i>, <i>G. dumosa</i>, and <i>G. orocola</i> and is easily distinguished by the glandular hairs on the hypanthium, bracts, pedicels, and twigs: 1–1.5 mm versus less than 0.5 mm for the other three species.</p>
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name=Gaylussacia mosieri
|author=
|authority=Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lasiococcus mosieri
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Pitcher plant bogs, hillside seepage bogs, wet pine savannas and flatwoods
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.
|reference=None
|publication title=Torreya
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1039.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaylussacia
|species=Gaylussacia mosieri
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