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Vaccinium darrowii

Darrow's blueberry
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Darrow's blueberry

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Vaccinium darrowii

Familia:

Ericaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

to 2 ft tall by about 2 ft wide-spreading by rhisomes to form clones typically up to about 50 ft wide.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,pink

Color de la fruta:

blue, purple, black

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms in early spring. Fruits ripe in late spring.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Low hedge or border plant, specimen plant in a wildflower garden, mass planting.

Consideraciones:

Must have acidic soil.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed, softwood cuttings, and division.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A

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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Attracts various pollinators, especially native bees.   Documented bee species include Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa and  Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.

Hábitats nativos:

Moist sites. Flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Edible fruits.

Comentarios generales:

Leaves are glaucous and appear to be blue-green sometimes with pink-violet overtones.



The range includes the Florida panhandle and much of the penninsula.  Based on BONAP and IRC herbarium specimen maps, it extends north into southern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.  It is likely absent or of very sparse occurrence in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia, and southeastern Florida.

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

BONAP



Deyrup, Mark; Jayanthi Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden.  2002. The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi. 544.  https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544



Huegel, Craig, N.  2010.  Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (wildlife uses).



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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