Monographs Details:
Authority:
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - A low glaucous shrub 1-4 dm. tall, spreading by underground stems. Leaves leathery, the blades elliptic, obovate or nearly spatulate, 2-3 cm. long, obtuse or minutely apiculate at the apex, glaucous on both sides, becoming bright green above, prominently rugose and sprinkled with amber-colored resin beneath, short petioled; racemes few-flowered; pedicels slender, puberulent when young; calyx glabrous, 3 mm. broad, the segments triangular, acute, about as long as the tube; corolla globose-campanulate, 3 mm. long, the segments ovate, acutish, longer than broad; filaments short, glabrous; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; drupes subglobose, 6-7 mm. in diameter, rather dry, glaucous.
Species Description - A low glaucous shrub 1-4 dm. tall, spreading by underground stems. Leaves leathery, the blades elliptic, obovate or nearly spatulate, 2-3 cm. long, obtuse or minutely apiculate at the apex, glaucous on both sides, becoming bright green above, prominently rugose and sprinkled with amber-colored resin beneath, short petioled; racemes few-flowered; pedicels slender, puberulent when young; calyx glabrous, 3 mm. broad, the segments triangular, acute, about as long as the tube; corolla globose-campanulate, 3 mm. long, the segments ovate, acutish, longer than broad; filaments short, glabrous; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; drupes subglobose, 6-7 mm. in diameter, rather dry, glaucous.
Discussion:
Easily distinguished from Gaylussacia frondosa, with which it has been associated, by its very glaucous foliage and strongly rugose and much smaller leaves, besides its peculiar underground stems.
Distribution:
Georgia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Alabama United States of America North America|
Georgia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Alabama United States of America North America|