Gaylussacia ursina
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Gaylussacia ursina ( English Bear or Mountain huckleberry ) is a species of the heather family. It is native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States ( Georgia , Tennessee , North Carolina , South Carolina ) in the southern Appalachians .
description
Gaylussacia ursina is a deciduous shrub up to about 1.5 meters high that occasionally forms large stands. The bark is brown to dark brown.
The entire, single and very short stalked, slightly leathery and alternate leaves are ovate to obovate or elliptical. They are pointed to pointed at the tip and wedge-shaped to rounded at the base. They are glandular underneath and hairy on the veins. The young leaves are reddish.
The stalked flowers with bracts are in racemose groups of 4 ... 6. The glandular pedicel is slightly hairy. The reddish-white to green flowers are about five-fold with a double flower envelope . The five-lobed, glandular calyx is small and the crown is cup-shaped with small lobes. The multi-chambered ovary is subordinate. The approximately 10 stamens are included.
The multi-seeded, smooth drupes ( false fruit ) are black, sweet and juicy, with the calyx cavity at the top. They are about 7-10 millimeters in size and should be edible. The small seeds are 1 millimeter in size and smooth.
Taxonomy
The Plant List , a joint venture between the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and the Missouri Botanical Garden , lists the following synonyms:
- Vaccinium ursinum, M.A. Curtis ; Basionym 1843
- Adnaria ursina (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
- Decachaena ursina (MACurtis) Small
- Decamerium ursinum (MACurtis) Ashe
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaylussacia ursina, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia ursina (MA Curtis) Torrey & A. Gray, 1846. Bear or Mountain huckleberry . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Moses Ashley Curtis: Vaccinium ursinum . In: American Journal of Science, and Arts . 44, No. 1, 1843, pp. 82-83.
- ↑ John Torrey, Asa Gray: Gaylussacia ursina . In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series . 3, 1848, pp. 49-56. "Description in Latin, commentary and captions in English"
- ↑ John Torrey, Asa Gray: Gaylussacia ursina . In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series . 3, 1848, p. Plate X (10). "Color illustration"
- ^ Myra Jean Perry: Food Use of "Wild" Plants by Cherokee Indians. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974, online (PDF; 31.6 MB).
- ↑ Gaylussacia ursina (MACurtis) Torr. & A.Gray . The Plant List. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
Web links
- Gaylussacia ursina at iNaturalist.org (pictures).
- Gaylussacia ursina at Carolina Nature (pictures).