Ericaceae
Black huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaylussacia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 酸越桔, 酸越橘, 佳露果
- English
- Black huckleberry
- Malayalam
- ഗേലുസേഷ്യ ബക്കാട്ട
Synonyms
- Andromeda baccata Wangenh.
- Decachaena baccata (Wangenh.) Small
- Decachaena baccata var. glaucocarpa (B.L.Rob.) Small
- Gaylussacia baccata f. baccata
- Gaylussacia baccata f. glaucocarpa (B.L.Rob.) Mack.
- Gaylussacia baccata f. leucocarpa (Porter) Fernald
- Gaylussacia baccata var. glaucocarpa (B.L.Rob.) Mack.
- Gaylussacia resinosa f. leucocarpa Britton
- Gaylussacia resinosa var. glaucocarpa B.L.Rob.
- Gaylussacia resinosa var. leucocarpa Porter
- Vaccinium glabrum P.Watson
- Vaccinium parviflorum Andrews
- Vaccinium resinosum Aiton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Gaylussacia
- Box huckleberryGaylussacia brachyceraEricaceae
- Dwarf huckleberryGaylussacia dumosaEricaceae
- Gaylussacia pulchraEricaceae
- Gaylussacia bigelovianaEricaceae
- Gaylussacia brasiliensisEricaceae
- Blue huckleberryGaylussacia frondosaEricaceae
- Woolly huckleberryGaylussacia mosieriEricaceae
- Confederate huckleberryGaylussacia nanaEricaceae
- Bear huckleberryGaylussacia ursinaEricaceae
- Gaylussacia buxifoliaEricaceae
- Gaylussacia cinereaEricaceae
- Gaylussacia incanaEricaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.