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Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina

Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)

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Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)

Dangleberry is a low huckleberry common in the Coastal Plain and occasional in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Young stems are glabrous (smooth) and may be glaucous (whitened).

Robeson Co., NC 5/29/08.

Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)

The berries are blue when ripe. An alternate common name is Blue Huckleberry.

Robeson Co., NC 5/29/08.

Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)

The underside of the leaf is usually glaucous and is covered with tiny golden resin glands, which may be difficult to see without magnification.

Robeson Co., NC 5/29/08.

Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa)

Close-up of the golden resin glands on the leaf underside.

Robeson Co., NC 5/29/08.

 

More information:
Floridata
USDA PLANTS Database

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