Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) 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 - Plants not glandular; stems 2–4 dm, bearing a conspicuous ridge below the base of each lf; colonial by long, woody rhizomes; lvs leathery, evergreen, elliptic, 12–22 mm, finely serrulate, glabrous; racemes few-fld, subsessile, shorter than the subtending lvs; cor 5 mm; fr dark blue, edible. Wooded hillsides, chiefly in the mts.; Md. and Del. to Pa., Ky., and e. Tenn.; very local except in W.Va. May, June. (Buxella b.)
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Common Names
box-huckleberry