Vaccinium tenellum Gene Cline Photos courtesy of Jim Robbins

Photos courtesy of Jim Robbins and David Stang

fragrant species

and give way to broad

velvet mallow

the great Southern Hemisphere family of banksias

Vaccinium tenellum Gene Cline Photos courtesy of Jim RobbinsSmall black blueberry is a low, delicate native of the sandy soils and pine barrens of the Southeastern coastal plain, a slender member of the heath family long gathered from the wild for its fruit. The species name tenellum means dainty or tender, a fair description of the fine stems and small leaves, and the common name points to the little dark berries that ripen almost black in late summer. A tidy, low, deciduous shrub rarely more than knee to