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|accepted_name=Gaylussacia ursina
|accepted_authority=(M. A. Curtis) Torrey & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|place=3: 49. 1846,
}}
|common_names=Bear or mountain huckleberry
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Vaccinium ursinum
|authority=M. A. Curtis
|rank=species
|publication_title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication_place=44: 82. 1843
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Decachaena ursina
|authority=(M. A. Curtis) Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaylussacia;Gaylussacia ursina
|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 ursina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 530, 531
|treatment_page=page 535
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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 spreading; twigs of current season pale green to light brown, sparsely hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–2 mm; blade greenish white abaxially, green to yellowish green or reddish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–6 × 2.3–4 cm, membranous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface sessile-glandular, hairy along veins, adaxial surface glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> spreading or drooping, 4–6-flowered, bracteate, 0.7–2.5 cm, glabrous; bracts early-deciduous, leaflike, 1–2 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular. <b>Pedicels</b> 6–9 mm, sparsely hairy (hairs red), sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1–2, 1–1.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, 0.5 mm, glabrous, sparsely sessile-glandular; petals 4–5, corolla greenish white, urceolate, 4–5 mm, lobes ovate-deltate, ca. 1 mm; filaments 3–3.5 mm, glabrous; anthers included, 1 mm, thecae not divergent; ovary glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> juicy, sweet, glossy black, 7–10 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 1 mm, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Deciduous or open pine woods (often dominant in Table Mountain Pine-Pitch Pine Woodland), common in moister forests downslope, often associated with Rhododendron maximum
|elevation=500-1500 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|discussion=<p><i>Gaylussacia ursina</i> is a southern Appalachian Mountains endemic that often forms large, clonal patches; it is abundant within much of its narrow range.</p>
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name=Gaylussacia ursina
|authority=(M. A. Curtis) Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Decachaena ursina
|basionyms=Vaccinium ursinum
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Deciduous or open pine woods (often dominant in Table Mountain Pine-Pitch Pine Woodland), common in moister forests downslope, often associated with Rhododendron maximum
|elevation=500-1500 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1045.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaylussacia
|species=Gaylussacia ursina
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