Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Herpothamnus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium crassifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-012:
Vaccinium crassifolium FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Herpothamnus crassifolius
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Blueberry
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcrassifolium_hc1
April
Grows close to the ground hidden in vegetation and is often overlooked, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231836656475404
June
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Sharleen Johnson shj_1127135731272105
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Angle of leaf base typically > 90°; margins finely glandular mucronulate-crenulate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium crassifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium crassifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-012:
Vaccinium crassifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Herpothamnus crassifolius
1581
Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins thickened, with glandular-crenate teeth
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Glossy black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p309
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p322
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p339
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p247
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p089
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p116
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p191
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p114
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p362
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p223
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