Vaccinium ovatum |
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California huckleberry, evergreen huckelberry, evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry |
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Habit | Plants clump- or crown-forming; twigs ± terete, pilose. |
Leaf | blades pale green abaxially, lustrous dark green adaxially, narrowly ovate, 21–29 × 8–12 mm, coriaceous, margins sharply serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially. |
Flowers | corolla pinkish, 3–5 mm; filaments hairy. |
Berries | black or blue, 6–8 mm diam. 2n = 24. |
Vaccinium ovatum |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring-mid summer. |
Habitat | Edges of coniferous forests, also epiphytic on trunks of redwoods |
Elevation | 0-30 m (0-100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 530. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Pyxothamnus |
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Synonyms | V. ovatum var. saporosum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 290. 1813 , |
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