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Gaylussacia orocola

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Gaylussacia orocola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaylussacia
Species:
G. orocola
Binomial name
Gaylussacia orocola
(Small) Camp 1935
Synonyms[1]
  • Lasiococcus orocola Small 1933

Gaylussacia orocola, the Blue Ridge huckleberry, is a plant species native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida).[2]

Gaylussacia orocola is a shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, sometimes forming small colonies. Flowers are in groups of 4–8, white. Fruits are black, essentially tasteless. The species grows in bogs in the mountains of the southern Appalachians.[3][4]

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