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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)

Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:

Vaccinium vacillans   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Vaccinium vacillans

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus pallidus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus vacillans

 

COMMON NAME:
Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry


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image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vapa4_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vava_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1324

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm0304d_12

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Small shrub reaching up to 2-3' tall. — Patrick McMillan

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm110417_089

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

Lvs 1-2" long, elliptical, on short petiole, dull green above, pale beneath. — Patrick McMillan

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm210408_9322

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6708

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpallidum_and2

April    Anderson County    SC

Calyx and corolla glabrous, often glaucous. Calyx lobes acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpallidum_and4

April    Anderson County    SC

Flowers urn-shaped, white tinged with green or pink, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvpallidum_and5

April    Anderson County    SC

Stems are green. — Patrick McMillan

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm110510_354

May    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm0307k_31

July    Greenville County    SC

Berry glaucous, blue, 5-10mm long, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    s070920_e

September    Pickens County    SC

image of Vaccinium pallidum, Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_125

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium vacillans

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus pallidus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus vacillans

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1591

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: forested slopes, usually rather xeric, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to serrulate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Greenish pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindro-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry

 

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