Gaylussacia tomentosa

Gaylussacia tomentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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. tomentosa A.Gray 1878
  • Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex A.Gray) Small
  • Decamerium tomentosum (Pursh) Ashe
  • Vaccinium tomentosum Pursh 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]

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
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