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Vaccinium myrsinites

Vaccinium deliciosum

Cascade bilberry
Habit Shrubs deciduous, up to 4 dm; twigs round in cross section to angled, green to greenish brown, glabrous to puberulent; rhizomatous.
Leaves

obovate to oblanceolate, 10–35 × 5–17 mm, light green to gray abaxially, green adaxially; thin; flexible;

margins serrate from tips to 50–75% of length of blade, weakly reticulate-veined;

tips rounded, sometimes subacute;

surfaces glabrous.
Inflorescences

solitary flowers in axils.
Flowers

sepals 5;

calyx lobes indistinct or very shallow;

petals 5;

corollas globose-urceolate to globose, 4–6 × 4–7 mm; pinkish, glaucous;

filaments < anthers, glabrous.
Fruits

6–12 mm in diameter, red to bluish black, with a bloom.
2n

=48.

Vaccinium myrsinites

Vaccinium deliciosum
Distribution
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Discussion

Subalpine forests and slopes. Flowering Jul–Aug. 800–2100 m. Casc. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia. Native.

See also V. caespitosum.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 640
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
V. caespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. deliciosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
V. caespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
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