| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium myrsinites Lam. |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 73 (1783) |
| Native Range | se. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 0-30m |
| Description | branchlets bright green, leaves persistent, green, elliptic, 5-9mm, coriaceous, obscurely minutely serrate, abaxially glandular, calyx pinkish white, glabrous, corolla urceolate |
| Size | 15-90cm |
| Color | white, rose, red |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Cyanococcus myrsinites (Lam.) Small Vaccinium corymbosum var. myrsinites (Lam.) Castigl. Vaccinium myrsinites var. lanceolatum Pursh Vaccinium myrsinites var. obtusum Pursh Vaccinium nitidum Andrews Vaccinium nitidum var. decumbens Sims |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, SCA South Carolina) |