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Vaccinium myrtilloides

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Name

Identification
Vaccinium canadense Richardson [family ERICACEAE ] Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Vaccinium myrtillus
  • Vaccinium myrtilloides
  • Vaccinium membranaceum
  • Vaccinium globulare
  • Vaccinium deliciosum
  • Vaccinium canadense
  • Vaccinium angustifolium
Common name
  • Velvetleaf 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 myrtilloides Michaux [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 myrtilloides Michaux [family ERICACEAE], Fl. Bor.-Amer., 1: 234. 1803 ,
Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydberg [family ]
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. myrtilloides (Michaux) House [family ERICACEAE]
Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson [family ERICACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Sam P. Vander Kloet
Information
Plants forming ± open colonies, 1–11.5 dm; twigs greenish brown, terete, pilose or hairy. Leaves deciduous; blade green, elliptic, 23–35 × 8–16 mm, membranous to subcoriaceous, margins entire, surfaces ± densely hairy (sometimes mostly on veins), eglandular, sometimes glabrescent. Flowers: calyx green, glabrous, (eglandular); corolla greenish white to pink, urceolate, 3–5 mm, (eglandular); filaments usually hairy. Berries blue, glaucous, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 10–40, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24.
Phenology
Flowering late spring–early summer
Altitude range
0–1700 m
Distribution
USA Conn.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA MaineUSA Mass.USA Minn.USA Mont.USA N.H.USA N.Y.USA OhioUSA Pa.USA Vt.USA W.Va.USA Wis.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.)Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.Canada Sask.

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