Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White bell shaped
• Leaves: leathery, pointed oval, ¾-2 inches long and 1/3-3/4 inch wide, toothless, coated in dense fine hairs
• Bark: brown, covered in dense fine hairs
• Fruit/Seed: round, blue berry, ¼-1/3 inch diameter
• Height: 12-20 inches
• Flowering: June
• Habitat: open woods, rock outcrops, pine barrens, peatlands

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jim de Waal Malefyt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jim de Waal Malefyt
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

iNat Map