Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A.Gray
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Authority
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - An irregularly branched shrub 1-2 meters tall, with puberulent twigs and young leaves. Leaves firm, the blades oblong-oblanceolate, ovate, oval or obovate, obtuse or notched at the apex, delicately revolute, short-petioled, bright green and glabrate above, glaucous and sprinkled with minute golden globules of resin beneath; racemes loose; pedicels long and slender; calyx glabrous, 3-4 cm. broad, the segments triangular, acute or acutish, about as long as the tube; corolla globose-campanulate, about 4 mm. long, green to purplish, the segments triangular, broader than long, recurved and revolute; filaments dilated, glabrous; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; drupe globose, 8-10 mm. m diameter, with a pale bloom.
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Distribution
In sandy soil. New Hampshire, south to Florida, Kentucky and Louisiana. Spring ; matures its fruit in the summer.
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