Gaylussacia frondosa

(Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray

in J. Torrey, Fl. New York 1: 449. 1843 ,.

Common names: Dangleberry
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Vaccinium frondosum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 351. 1753
Synonyms: Decachaena frondosa (Linnaeus) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 534. Mentioned on page 531, 535.

Plants 7.5–20 dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green, glabrous or glabrate. Leaves: petiole 2–3 mm; blade greenish white, glaucescent abaxially, green to yellowish green, dull green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–5(–6) × 2–3 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces short-hairy (hairs white) or glabrous, sessile-glandular abaxially. Inflorescences drooping, 2–4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate, 1–4.5 cm, glabrous or pilose; bracts early-deciduous, leaflike or not, 5–6 mm, shorter than pedicels, sessile-glandular, sparsely hairy. Pedicels 8–15(–20) mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1–2, 1–2.5 mm, (sessile-glandular). Flowers: sepals 5, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; petals 5, corolla greenish white, campanulate-conic, 3–5 mm, lobes deltate, 1–1.4 mm; filaments 0.5–1 mm, pilose; anthers included (tips barely exserted), 2.5 mm, thecae not divergent distally; ovary glabrous. Drupes juicy, sweet, blue (sometimes black, rarely white), glaucescent, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 1.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Upland sites in deciduous oak-hickory woods and pine hardwoods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, moist to wet acidic shrub swamps and pocosins, streamhead ecotones, moist to wet pine savannas and flatwoods
Elevation: 0-300 m

Distribution

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Conn., Del., Ga., Md., Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Gaylussacia frondosa"
Bruce A. Sorrie +, Alan S. Weakley +  and Gordon C. Tucker +
(Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray +
Vaccinium frondosum +
Dangleberry +
Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Md. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0-300 m +
Upland sites in deciduous oak-hickory woods and pine hardwoods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, moist to wet acidic shrub swamps and pocosins, streamhead ecotones, moist to wet pine savannas and flatwoods +
Flowering late spring. +
in J. Torrey, Fl. New York +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Decachaena frondosa +
Gaylussacia frondosa +
Gaylussacia +
species +