Vaccinium virgatum (commonly known as rabbit-eye blueberry, smallflower blueberry or southern black blueberry) is a species of blueberry native to the Southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rabbiteye Blueberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vaccinium fuscatum
- Vaccinium elliottii
- Vaccinium corymbosum
- Vaccinium tenellum
- Vaccinium pallidum
- Vaccinium hirsutum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- Vaccinium virgatum
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