Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium parvifolium |
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red huckleberry |
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Habit | Erect shrub 1-4 m. tall, the branches green, very prominently angled, usually glabrous. | |
Leaves | Leaves tardily deciduous, often a few persistent, thin, oval to oblong-elliptic, rounded, 1-2.5 cm. long, usually glabrous and entire. |
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Flowers | Flowers solitary in the axils of the lowest leaves of the youngest shoots, short-petiolate; corolla entire, pale, waxy, yellowish-pink, broadly urn-shaped, about 4 mm. long; anthers with prominent, spreading-erect awns and short, apical pore-bearing tubes; ovary inferior. |
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Fruits | Fruit a bright red berry, globose, 6-9 mm. broad. |
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Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium parvifolium |
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Flowering time | April-June | |
Habitat | Moist woods, forest edges and openings, from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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