Flora of North America species comparison

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Vaccinium sect. Vaccinium
Habit Shrubs, procumbent to erect, (0.3-)1.2-4(-9) dm, rhizomatous.
Leaves

deciduous.
Inflorescences

axillary, racemes, 2-4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, ebracteate, from scaly bud on previous year’s wood.
Pedicels

± articulated with calyx tube.
Flowers

sepals 4-5;

petals 4-5(-6), connate for 3/4 to nearly their entire lengths, corolla urceolate;

stamens usually 8, included;

anthers with awns, tubules ca. 1 mm.
Berries

4-5-locular.
Seeds

ca. 8-15.

Vaccinium sect. Vaccinium
Distribution
North America; Eurasia; circumboreal
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 518.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium
Subordinate taxa
Name authority unknown
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