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



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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image of Vaccinium myrtilloides, Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry

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

 

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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

 

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