GAYLUSSACIA DUMOSA (Andr.) T. & G. Vaccinium dumosum Andr. Bot. Rep. 8: 112. 1794. Gaylussacia dumosa T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 259. [848.
A low shrub, 1-5 dm. tall, with underground stems and erect solitary or tufted branches ; the twigs, leaves and inflorescence glandular-pilose. Leaves leathery, the blades oval, obovate or ob lanceolate, rarely linear-oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, apiculate at the apex, ciliate, short-petioled, deep green above, paler beneath ; calyx glandular, about 5 mm. broad, the segments triangular or triangular ovate, acute, about as long as the tube ; corolla cam panulate, 5-6 mm. long, white or pink, wax-like, the segments
broadly ovate, more or less recurved and revolute; filaments short, pubescent ; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into fill form tubes ; drupe globose, black, 6—S mm. in diameter, commonly somewhat pubescent.
In sandy soil, Newfoundland and along the coast to New York, south to eastern Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Spring ; matures its fruit in the summer.