Vaccinium darrowii Camp

Darrow's blueberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium

Characteristics

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.
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It is similar to Vaccinium myrsinites. It is an evergreen shrub. It grows 90 cm high and spreads by rhizomes. The leaves are pale green and 1.25 cm long by 5 mm wide. The flowers are round or urn shaped. They are 5 mm long. They are white and can be tinged with pink. The fruit are light blue berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
Root system rhizome
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It needs warm temperate or subtropical climates. It grows naturally in scrubland amongst oaks. It suits hot, dry conditions. It grows naturally in Florida.
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Low flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, oak-scrub, palmetto scrubs and swales; at elevations up to 30 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The fruit are eaten. They are used in pies, jellies and jams.
Uses gene source
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seed or from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Vaccinium darrowii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262082-2
WFO ID wfo-0001047087
COL ID 7F7JB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vaccinium darrowii