Minniebush (Menziesia pilosa)

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Minniebush (Menziesia pilosa)

Minniebush is a common blueberry-like shrub of the Mountains, rare in the western Piedmont. The branches and both surfaces of the leaves are pilose (covered with long, soft hairs).

Macon Co., NC 5/14/06.

Minniebush (Menziesia pilosa)

Alleghany Co., NC 5/29/05.

Minniebush (Menziesia pilosa)

Bark detail.

Macon Co., NC 5/14/06.

More information:
USDA PLANTS database

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