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Gaylussacia tomentosa
Also called Blue Huckleberry, Hairytwig Dangleberry
Hairytwig huckleberry is a spreading native shrub of the southeastern US coastal plains, growing up to about 2 m tall and forming large colonies from underground rhizomes. It is grown for its dark blue, sweet, edible berries and suits a sunny, well-drained site in sandy soil.
Gaylussacia tomentosa, commonly known as the hairy dangleberry or hairytwig huckleberry, is a plant species native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas).
Asa Gray described this species as Vaccinium tomentosum in 1878. It was given its current name in 1897.
Black huckleberry · Bog Huckleberry · Box huckleberry · Dwarf huckleberry · Blue huckleberry · Woolly huckleberry · Blue Ridge Huckleberry · Gaylussacia pulchra · Bear huckleberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gaylussacia tomentosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
