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Vaccinium darrowii Camp
Darrow's Blueberry
Gloucous Blueberry
Florida native
A common small shrub of sandhills, flatwoods, scrub and other pinelands in much of Florida except the most northeast and southeast counties. Also found in the coastal plain from Georgia into Louisiana.
Typically growing to no more than 6dm (2 ft.) tall. The small leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic with either entire margins or minute teeth and sometimes revolute. Leaves are up to 1.5cm (6/10 in.) long and 1cm (4/10 in.) wide without pubescence on the underside but often glaucous. Like shiny blueberry (V. myrsinites) the leaves are frequently persistent throughout the year, but Darrow's blueberry lacks the stalked glands on the undersides of the leaves. The small flowers are cylindrical to urn-shaped and are white to pink in color and 6-8mm (~1/4 to 1/3 in.) long. The fruit is a glaucous berry 4-6mm (less than 1/4 in.) in diameter and blue when mature.
Vaccinium darrowii is a member of the Ericaceae - Heath family.
Other species of the Vaccinium genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Vaccinium arboreum - SPARKLEBERRY
Vaccinium corymbosum - HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY
Vaccinium myrsinites - SHINY BLUEBERRY
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Apr 03, 2024
