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

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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium

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

Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)

Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-012:

Vaccinium crassifolium   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Herpothamnus crassifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Blueberry


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image of Vaccinium crassifolium, Creeping Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcrassifolium_hc1

April        

Grows close to the ground hidden in vegetation and is often overlooked, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Vaccinium crassifolium, Creeping Blueberry

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231836656475404

June        

image of Vaccinium crassifolium, Creeping Blueberry

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1127135731272105

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Angle of leaf base typically > 90°; margins finely glandular mucronulate-crenulate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium crassifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-012:
Vaccinium crassifolium   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Herpothamnus crassifolius

 

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1581

Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins thickened, with glandular-crenate teeth

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Glossy black
Berry

 

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