Gaylussacia orocola

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Gaylussacia orocola
Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre : Gaylussacia
Type : Gaylussacia orocola
Scientific name
Gaylussacia orocola
( Small ) Camp 1935

Gaylussacia orocola ( English Blue Ridge huckleberry ) is a species of the heather family. It is native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States ( Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia , Florida ).

description

Gaylussacia orocola is a shrub up to 100 centimeters high that occasionally forms small stands. The flowers are in groups of 4… 8 and are white. The fruits are black and completely tasteless.

distribution

The species grows in bogs in the mountains of the southern Appalachian Mountains .

Taxonomy

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

  • Lasiococcus orocola Small 1933

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gaylussacia orocola, 2,014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia orocola (Small) Camp, 1935. Blue Ridge huckleberry . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley: Notes on the Gaylussacia domosa complex (Ericaceae) . In: Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas volume = 1 . No. 1, 2007, pp. 333-344.
  4. ↑ Gaylussacia orocola (Small) Camp . The Plant List. Retrieved April 26, 2019.