Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - Divergently branched shrub to 5 m; lvs firm, deciduous, oblanceolate to obovate, 2–5 cm, entire, narrowed to a short petiole, shining above, dull and sometimes puberulent beneath; fls few in a short raceme or solitary, on pedicels 6–10 mm; cor white, obovoid, 4.5–5.5 mm, constricted at the throat; stamens included; anthers with 2 divergent dorsal spurs 1–1.2 mm and erect terminal tubules 1.5 mm; style slightly exsert; fr black, inedible. Dry, sandy or rocky woods; se. Va. to Ky., s. Ind., Mo., and se. Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June. (Batodendron a.)
Species Description - Divergently branched shrub to 5 m; lvs firm, deciduous, oblanceolate to obovate, 2–5 cm, entire, narrowed to a short petiole, shining above, dull and sometimes puberulent beneath; fls few in a short raceme or solitary, on pedicels 6–10 mm; cor white, obovoid, 4.5–5.5 mm, constricted at the throat; stamens included; anthers with 2 divergent dorsal spurs 1–1.2 mm and erect terminal tubules 1.5 mm; style slightly exsert; fr black, inedible. Dry, sandy or rocky woods; se. Va. to Ky., s. Ind., Mo., and se. Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June. (Batodendron a.)
Common Names:
farkleberry
farkleberry