Gaylussacia frondosa
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Photo, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Gaylussacia frondosa |
| Common name: | blue huckleberry or dangleberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 2 - 5' |
| Foliage: | alternate, leaves pale beneath |
| Flower: | 1/8-3/8" long, bell shaped; white to pale pink; perfect, in one sided races, flower stalks longer than the flowers; fruit black, covered with short hairs |
| Flowering time: | flowers late May to late June; fruits late July into September |
| Habitat: | bogs, wet sandy soil |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Gaylussacia is named in honor of French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)
The stalk of the flower (and berry) is long, hence the term "dangle berry".
Gaylussacia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. |