| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 3: 54 (1846) |
| Native Range | Pennsylvania to Virginia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 200-1000m |
| Description | leaves minute, crowded, oval to ovate, coriaceous, shiny green, slightly dentate, flowers upright in small axillary clusters, berry bluish |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | pinkish, white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Adnaria brachycera (Michx.) Kuntze Buxella brachycera (Michx.) Small Decamerium brachycerum (Michx.) Ashe Vaccinium brachycerum Michx. Vaccinium buxifolium Salisb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |