Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A.Gray
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Widely branched, to 2 m; lvs deciduous, elliptic or oblong to oblong-obovate, 3–6 cm, beset with minute, sessile, resinous glands beneath; racemes slender, loose, usually surpassing the lvs; bracts linear-oblong to elliptic, deciduous; pedicels usually much longer than the fls; pubescence of the infl and fls sparse or none, the glands sessile, if present, and the sep not ciliate; cor 3–4.5 mm, its tube two-thirds as thick; fr dark blue, glaucous, 7–8 mm. Moist woods and thickets, mostly near the coast; N.H. to Fla. and Ala., and sometimes inland to O., W.Va., and Tenn. May, June. (Decachaena f.)
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Common Names
dangleberry