Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) Pursh ex Small. Hairy Dangleberry. Phen: Mar-May; Jun-Aug. Hab: Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, xeric coastal fringe sandhills, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas. Dist: Se. and ec.SC (Charleston, Dorchester, and Barnwell counties southward) south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. GA and sw. AL.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: As discussed by Godfrey (1988) and Duncan & Brittain (1966), better treated as a species than as a variety of G. frondosa. G. tomentosa has a tetraploid chromosome complement (n=24), compared to diploid for G. nana and G. frondosa (n=12) (Luteyn et al. 1996). See Sorrie (2017a) for additional information on the identification of this species and G. nana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA8, K1, K3, K4, Camp (1935), Duncan & Brittain (1966), Gajdeczka et al (2010), Luteyn et al (1996), Sorrie (2017a) in Weakley et al (2017); = Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex Small) Small – S; = Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A.Gray ex Torr. var. tomentosa A.Gray – GW2, RAB, Godfrey (1988), Sleumer (1967a); < Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A.Gray ex Torr. – Fl5; < Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A.Gray ex Torr. var. tomentosa A.Gray – WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 7