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Section: Cyanococcus    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium simulatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium simulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)

Vaccinium simulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:

Vaccinium constablaei   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus simulatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Highbush Blueberry


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image of Vaccinium simulatum, Mountain Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvsimulatum_lvl1

June    Avery County    NC

Leaves narrowly ovate, apex acuminate, margins distinctly serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium simulatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium simulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium simulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:
Vaccinium constablaei   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus simulatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1579

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to minutely serrulate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry

 

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