Burke: Vaccinium deliciosum

	Vaccinium deliciosum
	Cascade blueberry, Rainier blueberry, blueleaf huckleberry
Habit	Deciduous, low, often matted shrub 1.5-4 dm. tall, the branches slightly angled, greenish-brown, glabrous.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, 1.5-5 cm. long and 1/3-1/2 as broad, rounded to obtuse, the base wedge-shaped, pale bluish-green, glaucous but not glandular on the lower surface, the margins serrulate on the upper half or less.
Flowers	Flowers single in the axils, pinkish, 6-7 mm. long; calyx obscurely 5-lobed; corolla united, broadly urn-shaped, much less than twice as long as broad, the 5 lobes very short, reflexed; anthers with dorsal awns and apical, pore-bearing tubes; ovary inferior.
Fruits	Fruit a berry, glaucous-blue, globose, 5-8 mm. broad.

	Vaccinium deliciosum
Flowering time	May-July
Habitat	Forest openings and mountain meadows, mid- to high elevations.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	V. cespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Vaccinium deliciosum

Cascade blueberry, Rainier blueberry, blueleaf huckleberry

Habit

Deciduous, low, often matted shrub 1.5-4 dm. tall, the branches slightly angled, greenish-brown, glabrous.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, 1.5-5 cm. long and 1/3-1/2 as broad, rounded to obtuse, the base wedge-shaped, pale bluish-green, glaucous but not glandular on the lower surface, the margins serrulate on the upper half or less.

Flowers

Flowers single in the axils, pinkish, 6-7 mm. long;

calyx obscurely 5-lobed;

corolla united, broadly urn-shaped, much less than twice as long as broad, the 5 lobes very short, reflexed;

anthers with dorsal awns and apical, pore-bearing tubes;

ovary inferior.

Fruits

Fruit a berry, glaucous-blue, globose, 5-8 mm. broad.