Gaylussacia tomentosa

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Gaylussacia tomentosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaylussacia
Species:
G. tomentosa
Binomial name
Gaylussacia tomentosa
(A.Gray) Pursh ex Small 1897
Synonyms [1]
  • Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosaA.Gray 1878
  • Decachaena tomentosa(Pursh ex A.Gray) Small
  • Decamerium tomentosum(Pursh) Ashe
  • Vaccinium tomentosumPursh ex A.Gray [2]

Gaylussacia tomentosa, commonly known as the hairy dangleberry [3] or hairytwig huckleberry, [4] is a plant species native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas). [5]

Asa Gray described this species as Vaccinium tomentosum in 1878. It was given its current name in 1897.

Gaylussacia tomentosa is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes hence sometimes forming huge colonies. Leaves are dull green or yellow-green on the upper surface, pale green and waxy on the underside. Flowers are in dangling groups of 2–4, greenish-white. Fruits are dark blue or occasionally white, sweet and juicy. [3] [6]

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References

  1. Tropicos, Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa A. Gray
  2. Gray, Asa 1878. Synoptical Flora of North America 2(1): 19
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) Pursh ex Small, 1897. Hairy dangleberry
  4. "Gaylussacia tomentosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Pursh, Frederick Traugott 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(9): 443