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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia orocola
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia orocola
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus orocola
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry, Blue Ridge Huckleberry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia orocola
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia orocola
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002?:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus orocola
4352
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, seepages over granite, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen?
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate to narrowly campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Black
Berry
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