Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium myrsinites
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium myrsinites
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-011:
Vaccinium myrsinites FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. myrsinites
COMMON NAME:
Southern Evergreen Blueberry
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Month Unknown
Erect shrub 2-6dm tall, rhizomatous. Berry black or glaucous blue [when ripe], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium myrsinites
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium myrsinites
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium myrsinites
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-011:
Vaccinium myrsinites
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. myrsinites
1586
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to remotely toothed
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Pink/White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed narrowly urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black/Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p386
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p093
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p255
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p358
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p240
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p116
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p191
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p176
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p364
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