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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Southern Dwarf Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia dumosa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002:
Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. dumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus dumosus
COMMON NAME:
Southern Dwarf Huckleberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gadu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gadu_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_107
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Racemes to 4cm long; raceme bracts foliaceous and longer than pedicels, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgdumosa_cainhoy
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Twigs red-brown to gray, densely short-curly hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgdumosa_steed1
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Shrub 10-30cm tall; larger leaves to 3cm long and elliptic-oblanceolate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia dumosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-002:
Gaylussacia dumosa
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. dumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lasiococcus dumosus
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other xeric to mesic, acidic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in GA Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
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:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p342
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p095
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p234
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p288
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p235
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p298
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p159
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p186
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p28
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p152
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p106
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