Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.
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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 - Erect, branching shrub to 2 m; lvs thin, deciduous, subsessile, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–6 cm, minutely serrulate, ciliate, acuminate; pedicels solitary in the axils, nodding, not bracteate, 8–15 mm; cor 1 cm, pink or red to white, cleft to below the middle, the 4 narrow lobes revolute; anthers 8–11 mm, the tubules about equaling the thecae; fr red to deep purple or black, 1(–1.5) cm, usually insipid. Mt. forests; Va. and W.Va. to n. Ga. and c. Tenn. June–July. (Oxycoccus e.; Hugeria e.)
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Common Names
southern mountain-cranberry, dingleberry