Gaylussacia nana

Gaylussacia nana
	Gaylussacia nana
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Asterids
Order :	Heather-like (Ericales)
Family :	Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre :	Gaylussacia
Type :	Gaylussacia nana
Scientific name
	Gaylussacia nana
	( A. Gray ) Small

Gaylussacia nana ( English dwarf dangleberry or Confederate huckleberry ) is a species of the heather family. It is native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States. There is evidence from Louisiana , Alabama , Mississippi , Georgia , Florida , North Carolina, and South Carolina . It grows on moist or dry soils in forests, moors, on sand hills and in savannahs , usually at altitudes below 100 meters.

description

Gaylussacia nana is a shrub up to one meter tall that occasionally forms large stands of hundreds of individuals. It has pale green to yellow-green leaves up to four centimeters long. The inflorescences hang from the leaf axils or from the tips of the branches; they consist of 1… 4 greenish-white flowers. The fruits are sweet and juicy, usually dark blue but also white; the diameter is up to eight millimeters.

Taxonomy

The Plant List , a joint venture between the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and the Missouri Botanical Garden , lists the following synonyms:

Decachaena nana (A. Gray) Small
Decamerium nanum (A. Gray) Ashe
Gaylussacia frondosa var. Nana A. Gray 1886

Individual evidence

↑ Gaylussacia nana, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
↑ Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia nana (A. Gray) Small, 1897. Dwarf dangleberry . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved April 29, 2019.
↑ John Kunkel Small: Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States - II . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . 24, No. 9, 1897, p. 443.
^ John Kunkel Small: Manual of the Southeastern Flora 1933.
↑ Gaylussacia nana (A. Gray) Small . The Plant List. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

Web links

Gaylussacia nana (A. Gray) Small . Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[1] Gaylussacia nana, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[2] Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia nana (A. Gray) Small, 1897. Dwarf dangleberry . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved April 29, 2019.

[3] John Kunkel Small: Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States - II . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . 24, No. 9, 1897, p. 443.

[4] John Kunkel Small: Manual of the Southeastern Flora 1933.

[5] Gaylussacia nana (A. Gray) Small . The Plant List. Retrieved May 2, 2019.