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 - Roots woody, tuberous-thickened at intervals; stems trailing, to 1 m; lvs leathery, evergreen, elliptic, 5–15 mm, glabrous, remotely serrulate, much-thickened at the margin; fls in small lateral clusters much shorter than the subtending lvs; cor pink, 4 mm; fr purple- black; 2n=24. Pine-barrens and pocosins; se. Va. to S.C. and adj. Ga. Apr., May. (Herpothamnus c.)
Species Description - Roots woody, tuberous-thickened at intervals; stems trailing, to 1 m; lvs leathery, evergreen, elliptic, 5–15 mm, glabrous, remotely serrulate, much-thickened at the margin; fls in small lateral clusters much shorter than the subtending lvs; cor pink, 4 mm; fr purple- black; 2n=24. Pine-barrens and pocosins; se. Va. to S.C. and adj. Ga. Apr., May. (Herpothamnus c.)
Common Names:
creeping blueberry
creeping blueberry