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Ericaceae

Woolly huckleberry

Gaylussacia mosieri Small

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Gaylussacia

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Woolly huckleberry: Gaylussacia mossieri
Photo: Ciftonia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Woolly huckleberry

Synonyms

  • Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirtella Chapm.
  • Gaylussacia hirtella (Chapm.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Lasiococcus mosieri (Small) Small

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.