Vaccinium arboreum

Marshall

Arbust. Amer., 157. 1785 ,.

Common names: Farkleberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nuttall Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens (Greene) Sargent
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 525. Mentioned on page 516.

Shrubs or trees, trunks to 35 cm diam. at breast height; twigs of current season reddish green, glabrous, glaucous, or glandular-hairy, not verrucose. Leaf blades pale green, glaucous, obovate to oblong, 22–40 × 12–20 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous or glandular-hairy abaxially, glabrous and lustrous adaxially. Inflorescence bracts ± persistent. Pedicels slender, 0.8–1.2 cm. Flowers: calyx 21–29 × 7–13 mm; corolla white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries shiny black, 7–9 mm diam. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands
Elevation: 0-800 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Vaccinium arboreum is rare and local in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands +
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Arbust. Amer., +
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