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Gaylussacia tomentosa, commonly known as the hairy dangleberry[3] or hairytwig huckleberry,[4] is a plant species native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas).[5]

Gaylussacia tomentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Gaylussacia
Species:	G. tomentosa
Binomial name
Gaylussacia tomentosa (A.Gray) Pursh ex Small 1897
Synonyms[1]
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa A.Gray 1878 Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex A.Gray) Small Decamerium tomentosum (Pursh) Ashe Vaccinium tomentosum Pursh ex A.Gray[2]

Asa Gray described this species as Vaccinium tomentosum in 1878. It was given its current name in 1897.

Gaylussacia tomentosa is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes hence sometimes forming huge colonies. Leaves are dull green or yellow-green on the upper surface, pale green and waxy on the underside. Flowers are in dangling groups of 2–4, greenish-white. Fruits are dark blue or occasionally white, sweet and juicy.[3][6]

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