Vaccinium virgatum

Vaccinium virgatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. virgatum
Binomial name
	Vaccinium virgatum; Aiton
Synonyms
	Vaccinium amoenum Aiton; V. ashei J.M.Reade;

Vaccinium virgatum (commonly known as rabbit-eye blueberry,^[2] smallflower blueberry^[3] or southern black blueberry ^[2]) is a species of blueberry native to the Southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas.

^ ^a ^b Vaccinium virgatum was originally described and published in Hortus Kewensis 2:12. 1789. (V. amoenum, which was later determined to be a synonym of V. virgatum, was also described in the same publication.) "Vaccinium virgatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Vaccinium virgatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Vaccinium virgatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 July 2015.