Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium myrtilloides
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium myrtilloides
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium myrtilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium myrtilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium myrtilloides
COMMON NAME:
Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vaca9_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium myrtilloides
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium myrtilloides
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium myrtilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium myrtilloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium myrtilloides
4922
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Acidic, high elevation slopes and cliffs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white/Greenish-pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer?
Blue (& glaucous)
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p240
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p366
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