OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus    

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)

Vaccinium altomontanum

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

Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-008?:

Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Vaccinium alto-montanum

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

Cyanococcus liparis

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

Cyanococcus subcordatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Blueberry


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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium pallidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Vaccinium altomontanum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium pallidum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-008?:
Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium alto-montanum

INCLUDING, AS TO TYPE Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus liparis

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

 

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4656

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Grassy balds, heath balds, high elevation forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Berry

 

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