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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ceratiola ericoides
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 222. 1803,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ceratiola falcatula
|authority=Gandoger
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Empetrum aciculare
|authority=Bertoloni
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Ceratiola;Ceratiola ericoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ceratiola]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ceratiola ericoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 490
|treatment_page=page 491
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.5–2.5 m; bark gray (interior surfaces reddish), exfoliating on older branches. <b>Leaves</b> 4(6) per node; petiole appressed to ascending, tan, 0.5–1 mm; blade yellow-green to green, linear to acicular, 5–15 × 0.7–1 mm, base acute to rounded, apex acute, surfaces minutely glandular to glandular-hairy, with prominent, longitudinal groove abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> sessile; bracteoles 2(–4), sessile, ovate, 0.8–1 mm, margins erose. <b>Flowers</b> sessile, tan to reddish brown; sepals persistent, imbricate, ovate to orbiculate, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm, margins fimbrillate; petals persistent, imbricate, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm, margins fimbrillate; stamens reddish brown; filaments 2–3 mm; anthers 1 mm; pistil reddish purple, 1.5–2.5 mm; ovary ovoid, 0.7–1 mm; style 0.7–1 mm, ± equaling stigma; stigma 0.5–1 mm. <b>Drupes</b> red (tan to yellow), 1.5–2 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> (pyrenes) reddish brown, 1–1.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(-Nov).
|habitat=Deep, xeric, sandy soils of oak scrub, sand pine scrub, longleaf pine sand hills, fluvial sand ridges, and maritime dune fields
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Ceratiola ericoides</i> occurs in sites with low fire frequency, yet its seed germination is stimulated by fire once seed production begins at 10–15 years of age (A. F. Johnson 1982b). Leaves are strongly aromatic.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ceratiola ericoides
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ceratiola falcatula;Empetrum aciculare
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(-Nov).
|habitat=Deep, xeric, sandy soils of oak scrub, sand pine scrub, longleaf pine sand hills, fluvial sand ridges, and maritime dune fields
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_958.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Ceratiola
|species=Ceratiola ericoides
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