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Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dryland Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Vander Kloet (1978, 1988) and Uttal (1987) do not favor Camp's (1945) separation of V. pallidum and V. vacillans. If the two taxa are combined (as here), V. pallidum has nomenclatural priority. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium pallidum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium pallidum
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium vacillans
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus pallidus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus vacillans
COMMON NAME:
Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vapa4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vava_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1324
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0304d_12
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Small shrub reaching up to 2-3' tall. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm110417_089
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Lvs 1-2" long, elliptical, on short petiole, dull green above, pale beneath. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9322
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6708
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and2
April Anderson County SC
Calyx and corolla glabrous, often glaucous. Calyx lobes acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and4
April Anderson County SC
Flowers urn-shaped, white tinged with green or pink, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvpallidum_and5
April Anderson County SC
Stems are green. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm110510_354
May Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm0307k_31
July Greenville County SC
Berry glaucous, blue, 5-10mm long, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s070920_e
September Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm071028_125
October Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium pallidum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium pallidum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium pallidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-006:
Vaccinium vacillans
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium pallidum
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium vacillans
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus pallidus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus vacillans
1591
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: forested slopes, usually rather xeric, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous to semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to serrulate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white/Greenish pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindro-urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p264
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p167
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p339
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p188
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p243
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p115
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p308
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p176
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p131
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p318
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p366
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p128
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