NameThatPlant.net: Vaccinium sempervirens

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vaccinium sempervirens (Ericaceae), a new species from Atlantic White-cedar bogs in the sandhills of South Carolina (Rayner & Henderson, 1980)

Vaccinium sempervirens

COMMON NAME:
Rayner's Blueberry

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image of Vaccinium sempervirens, Rayner's Blueberry

Keith Bradley kab_v_sempervirens_0615

April Lexington County SC

Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve

Fine glandular teeth most obvious near leaf tips. Flowers white, urn-shaped, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium sempervirens FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vaccinium sempervirens (Ericaceae), a new species from Atlantic White-cedar bogs in the sandhills of South Carolina (Rayner & Henderson, 1980)
Vaccinium sempervirens

2544

Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina

Rare (endemic to Lexington Co, SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pink
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry

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