Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium hirsutum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woollyberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
V. hirsutum is the only Vaccinium in our area with pubescent fruit. The plants are very short, a lower lowbush than V. pallidum, with which it usually grows intermingled, per Weakley's Flora (2023)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium hirsutum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-007:
Vaccinium hirsutum FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus hirsutus
COMMON NAME:
Woollyberry, Hairy Blueberry, Low-lowbush Blueberry
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvhirsutum_abrams1
May
Pedicel, hypanthium, calyx and corolla stipitate-glandular. Entire plant hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvhirsutum_abrams2
May
Leaves green, pilose on both sides, mostly greater than 3cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvhirsutum_abrams3
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium hirsutum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium hirsutum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium hirsutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-007:
Vaccinium hirsutum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus hirsutus
2303
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mountain slopes and ridges, primarily in pine-oak and oak forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare in GA)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Greenish-pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black (& glandular-hirsute)
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p243
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p364
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