Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
V. darrowii can be difficult to distinguish from the closely related V. myrsinites, with which it often co-occurs in their area of overlap. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium darrowi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. glaucum
COMMON NAME:
Darrow's Blueberry
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths
June
Fruit glaucous, blue, and only 4-6mm in diameter, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths2
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdarrowii_ths3
June
Leaves markedly glaucous and bluish-green, lacking stalked glands beneath, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium darrowii
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium darrowii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium darrowi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. glaucum
1582
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to remotely toothed
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed narrowly urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Black/Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p093
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p116
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p176
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p362
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