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Vaccinium angustifolium

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Name

Identification
Vaccinium stenophyllum Steud. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by James Leonard Luteyn, Isotype of Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton [family ERICACEAE ] Verified by James Leonard Luteyn,
Related name
  • Vaccinium myrtilloides
  • Vaccinium tenellum
  • Vaccinium membranaceum
  • Vaccinium stenophyllum
  • Vaccinium angustifolium
Common name
  • Velvetleaf blueberry, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • bleuet à feuilles étroites, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • Early low-bush blueberry, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • sourtop, Flora of North America Vol. 8
  • bleuet fausse-myrtille, Flora of North America Vol. 8

Flora

Entry for Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton [family ERICACEAE], Hort. Kew., 2: 11. 1789 ,
Vaccinium angustifolium var. hypolasium Fernald [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium angustifolium var. laevifolium House [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium angustifolium var. nigrum (Alph. Wood) Dole [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium brittonii Porter ex E. P. Bicknell [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium lamarckii Camp [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium nigrum (Alph. Wood) Britton [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium pensylvanicum Lamarck var. nigrum Alph. Wood [family ERICACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Sam P. Vander Kloet
Information
Plants forming dense, extensive colonies, 1–3 dm; twigs of current season green to glaucous, ± angled, glabrous or hairy. Leaves deciduous; blade dark to pale green or glaucous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 15–41 × (5–)6–16(–20) mm, margins usually sharply, uniformly serrate (serrations sometimes minute, tipped with stipitate gland), surfaces glabrous or hairy, especially along abaxial midvein, eglandular abaxially. Flowers: calyx green, glaucous, glabrous; corolla usually white, cylindric to urceolate, 4–6 mm; filaments ciliate; (tubules with introrse, elongate pores). Berries black or blue, rarely white, 3–12 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds (3–)10–15(–20), ca. 1.2 mm. 2n = 48.
Phenology
Flowering spring–early summer
Altitude range
0–1900 m
Distribution
St. Pierre and MiquelonUSA Conn.USA Del.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Pa.USA R.I.USA Tenn.USA Vt.USA Va.USA W.Va.USA Wis.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.
Discussion
Vaccinium angustifolium is extensively harvested from cultivated and wild plants in New England (especially Maine) and in Quebec and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

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