Gaylussacia tomentosa

Gaylussacia tomentosa, commonly known as the hairy dangleberry[3] or hairytwig huckleberry,[4] is a plant species native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas).[5]

Gaylussacia tomentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaylussacia
Species:
G. tomentosa
Binomial name
Gaylussacia tomentosa
(A.Gray) Pursh ex Small 1897
Synonyms[1]
  • Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa A.Gray 1878
  • Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex A.Gray) Small
  • Decamerium tomentosum (Pursh) Ashe
  • Vaccinium tomentosum Pursh ex A.Gray[2]

Asa Gray described this species as Vaccinium tomentosum in 1878. It was given its current name in 1897.

Gaylussacia tomentosa is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes hence sometimes forming huge colonies. Leaves are dull green or yellow-green on the upper surface, pale green and waxy on the underside. Flowers are in dangling groups of 2–4, greenish-white. Fruits are dark blue or occasionally white, sweet and juicy.[3][6]

References
  1. Tropicos, Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa A. Gray
  2. Gray, Asa 1878. Synoptical Flora of North America 2(1): 19
  3. Flora of North America, Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) Pursh ex Small, 1897. Hairy dangleberry
  4. "Gaylussacia tomentosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Pursh, Frederick Traugott 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(9): 443


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