Vaccinium myrtilloides |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
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bleuet fausse-myrtille, sour-top blueberry, sourtop, velvet-leaf blueberry, velvetleaf huckleberry |
Florida evergreen blueberry, shiny blueberry |
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Habit | Plants forming ± open colonies, 1–11.5 dm; twigs greenish brown, terete, pilose or hairy. | Plants forming extensive open colonies, 1.4–10 dm; twigs bright green, ± angled, hairy in lines. |
Leaves | deciduous; blade green, elliptic, 23–35 × 8–16 mm, membranous to subcoriaceous, margins entire, surfaces ± densely hairy (sometimes mostly on veins), eglandular, sometimes glabrescent. |
persistent for 1+ years; blade green, elliptic, 5–9 × 3–5 mm, coriaceous, margins ± serrulate, surfaces glandular abaxially. |
Flowers | calyx green, glabrous, (eglandular); corolla greenish white to pink, urceolate, 3–5 mm, (eglandular); filaments usually hairy. |
calyx pinkish white, becoming greenish, glabrous; corolla white to pink or red, ± urceolate, 4–8 mm; filaments ciliate along margins. |
Berries | blue, glaucous, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
black, 7–9 mm diam., glabrous. |
Seeds | 10–40, ca. 1 mm. |
4–13, ca. 1 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24, 48. |
Vaccinium myrtilloides |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering winter–spring. |
Habitat | Open or disturbed sites in boreal forest, muskegs, bogs, barrens, headlands, outcrops, mountain meadows | Flatwoods, sand-pine scrub, oak-palmetto scrub, scrubby flatwoods, rosemary balds |
Elevation | 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft) | 0-30 m (0-100 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; IA; IL; IN; MA; ME; MN; MT; NH; NY; OH; PA; VT; WI; WV; AB; BC; LB; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK
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AL; FL; GA; SC
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 529. | FNA vol. 8, p. 527. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cyanococcus canadensis, V. angustifolium var. myrtilloides, V. canadense | Cyanococcus myrsinites, V. nitidum |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 234. 1803 , | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 1: 73. (1783) |
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