14.
Vaccinium arboreum
Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 157. 1785.
Farkleberry
Batodendron arboreum
(Marshall) Nuttall;
Vaccinium arboreum
var.
glaucescens
(Greene) Sargent
Shrubs or trees,
trunks to 35 cm diam. at breast height; twigs of current season reddish green, glabrous, glaucous, or glandular-hairy, not verrucose.
Leaf blades
pale green, glaucous, obovate to oblong, 22-40 × 12-20 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous or glandular-hairy abaxially, glabrous and lustrous adaxially.
Inflorescence bracts
± persistent.
Pedicels
slender, 0.8-1.2 cm.
Flowers:
calyx 21-29 × 7-13 mm; corolla white, 3-5 mm; filaments ciliate.
Berries
shiny black, 7-9 mm diam.
2
n
= 24.
Flowering spring. Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands; 0-800 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.
Vaccinium arboreum
is rare and local in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia.
