Vaccinium darrowii

Camp

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 240. 1942 (as darrowi) ,.

Common names: Darrow’s evergreen blueberry
Endemic
Basionym: Vaccinium myrsinites var. glaucum A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2: 21. 1878,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 527. Mentioned on page 516.

Plants forming extensive open colonies, 1–15 dm; twigs pale green, glaucous, ± terete, puberulent. Leaves persistent for 1+ years; blade usually pale green abaxially, dark green adaxially, elliptic, 7–11 × 3–5 mm, coriaceous, margins entire, (often inrolled), surfaces usually glabrous abaxially (rarely minutely hairy along midvein). Flowers: calyx greenish, glabrous; corolla white tinged with pink or red, ± urceolate, 4–6 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries blue, glaucous, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 10–20, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat: Low flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, oak-scrub, palmetto scrubs and swales
Elevation: 0-30 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Sam P. Vander Kloet +
Vaccinium myrsinites var. glaucum +
Darrow’s evergreen blueberry +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +  and Miss. +
0-30 m +
Low flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, oak-scrub, palmetto scrubs and swales +
Flowering winter–spring. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Vaccinium darrowii +
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus +
species +