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Section: Polycodium    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium stamineum var. 1   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Vaccinium stamineum

INCLUDED WITHIN The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)

Vaccinium stamineum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-002a?:

Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Polycodium (Ashe, 1931)

Polycodium arenicola

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Deerberry


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image of Vaccinium stamineum var. 1, Dwarf Deerberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_vast_004_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. 1, Dwarf Deerberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvstamineumvar1_cp1

Month Unknown    Barnwell County    SC

Plants short, 0.2-0.5(1.0)m tall, distinctly clonal, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vaccinium stamineum var. 1, Dwarf Deerberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvstamineumvar1_cp2

Month Unknown    Barnwell County    SC

Leaves green beneath, often slightly paler but not at all glaucous, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium stamineum var. 1   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium stamineum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-002a?:
Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Polycodium (Ashe, 1931)
Polycodium arenicola

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2357

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins mostly entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate-campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/Pink/Yellowish/Purple
Berry

 

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