Gaylussacia bigeloviana (Fernald) Sorrie & Weakley

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaylussacia

Characteristics

Plants (3-)6-10 dm, forming small colonies; branches ascending to ± spreading; twigs of current season grayish brown, puberulent and glandular-hairy. Leaves: petiole to 1.5 mm; blade light green abaxially, shiny dark green adaxially, oblanceolate to obovate, 2-4 × 1-2 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire (scattered stipitate-glandular-hairy and ciliate, 7-10 cilia per mm), apex obtuse to subacute, mucronate, surfaces persistently stipitate-glandular-hairy and sessile-glandular. Inflorescences erect or arching, 3-7-flowered, bracteate, 2-5 cm, stipitate-glandular-hairy and hairy; bracts persistent, leaflike, 2-5 mm, expanding to 5-10 mm, longer than pedicels, densely stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3-0.5 mm). Pedicels 2-4 mm, stipitate-glandular-hairy; bracteoles 1-2, 2-5 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, 2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3-0.5 mm); petals 5, corolla white to pink or reddish, campanulate, 6.5-7.5 mm (averaging 7 mm), lobes triangular, 1.2-1.7 mm; filaments 0.3-0.5 mm, moderately hairy; anthers included, 3.2-4 mm (averaging 3.7 mm), thecae divergent distally; ovary stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs 0.3-0.5 mm). Drupes juicy, insipid, black, 6-8 mm diam., moderately glandular-hairy. Seeds 1.7-2 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Gaylussacia bigeloviana world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Conservation status

Gaylussacia bigeloviana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77093157-1
WFO ID wfo-0000509299
COL ID 6JZ7K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 761887
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gaylussacia bigeloviana Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana