Gaylussacia tomentosa (A.Gray) Small

Hairytwig huckleberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaylussacia

Characteristics

Plants 7.5-20 dm, forming small to extensive colonies (by rhizomes); branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green, densely hairy, sessile-glandular. Leaves: petiole 2-3 mm; blade greenish white, glaucescent abaxially, dull green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5-6 × 2-3 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces densely short-hairy (longer hairs to ca. 0.2 mm), sessile-glandular abaxially. Inflorescences drooping, 2-4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate, 1-2.5 cm, glabrous or pilose, sessile-glandular; bracts early-deciduous, leaflike, 5-6 mm, shorter than pedicels, densely hairy. Pedicels 8-15(-20) mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1-2, 1-2.5 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, 1-1.2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, sessile-glandular; petals 5, corolla greenish white, campanulate-conic, 3-5 mm, lobes deltate, ca. 1 mm; filaments 0.5-1 mm, ciliate; anthers included (tips barely exserted), 2.5 mm, thecae not divergent distally; ovary glabrous. Drupes juicy, sweet, dark blue, sometimes black, rarely white, glaucous, 5-8 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 1.5 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Gaylussacia tomentosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330760-1
WFO ID wfo-0000695820
COL ID 3FFX3
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Synonyms

Decamerium tomentosum Gaylussacia tomentosa Decachaena tomentosa Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa