Vaccinium stamineum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 350. 1753 ,.

Common names: Deerberry southern gooseberry
Illustrated
Synonyms: Polycodium ashei Harbison Polycodium candicans (C. Mohr) Small Polycodium depressum Small Polycodium floridanum (Nuttall) Greene Polycodium leptosepalum Small Polycodium macilentum Small Polycodium melanocarpum (C. Mohr) Small Polycodium neglectum Small Polycodium stamineum (Linnaeus) Greene Vaccinium caesium Greene Vaccinium melanocarpum (C. Mohr) C. Mohr ex Kearney Vaccinium neglectum (Small) Fernald Vaccinium stamineum var. affine (Ashe) Sleumer Vaccinium stamineum var. austromontanum (Ashe) Sleumer Vaccinium stamineum var. interius (Ashe) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum C. Mohr Vaccinium stamineum var. neglectum (Small) Deam Vaccinium stamineum var. virginianum (Ashe) Sleumer
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 521. Mentioned on page 516.

Plants frequently crown-forming, suckering when disturbed, forming small or extensive colonies; twigs of current season variously colored, most often green or glaucous, glabrous to densely hairy, sometimes pilose or glandular (not verrucose). Leaf blades usually pale green or glaucous abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic, 20–80 × 9–32 mm, ± membranous, margins usually entire, inrolled on more-coriaceous blades, surfaces glabrous or densely hairy, rarely glandular. Inflorescences 2–7-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary. Pedicels subtended by leaflike bract (ca. as long as flower). Flowers: corolla lobes spreading at anthesis, white to greenish white, sometimes purple veined, 4–8 mm; filaments glabrous or hairy. Berries green, yellow-green, yellow, purple, or black, often lightly glaucous, 7–18 mm diam., sometimes hairy and sparsely glandular. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering spring(-early summer).
Habitat: Sandy, well-drained soil, xeric communities such as dry oak woods, pine barrens, savannas, dry pine ridges, sparsely wooded bluffs, sand hills, thickets, clearings (usually on acidic substrates, sometimes on limestone)
Elevation: 0-1700 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Mexico (Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí).

Discussion

Vaccinium stamineum has been subject to an inordinate amount of splitting, especially by E. L. Greene and W. W. Ashe (see S. P. Vander Kloet 1988).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Vaccinium stamineum"
Sam P. Vander Kloet +
Linnaeus +
Polycodium +
Deerberry +  and southern gooseberry +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Mexico (Hidalgo +, Nuevo León +, Oaxaca +  and San Luis Potosí). +
0-1700 m +
Sandy, well-drained soil, xeric communities such as dry oak woods, pine barrens, savannas, dry pine ridges, sparsely wooded bluffs, sand hills, thickets, clearings (usually on acidic substrates, sometimes on limestone) +
Flowering spring(-early summer). +
Illustrated +
Polycodium ashei +, Polycodium candicans +, Polycodium depressum +, Polycodium floridanum +, Polycodium leptosepalum +, Polycodium macilentum +, Polycodium melanocarpum +, Polycodium neglectum +, Polycodium stamineum +, Vaccinium caesium +, Vaccinium melanocarpum +, Vaccinium neglectum +, Vaccinium stamineum var. affine +, Vaccinium stamineum var. austromontanum +, Vaccinium stamineum var. interius +, Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum +, Vaccinium stamineum var. neglectum +  and Vaccinium stamineum var. virginianum +
Vaccinium stamineum +
Vaccinium sect. Polycodium +
species +