Vaccinium myrtilloides

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 234. 1803 ,.

Common names: Velvetleaf blueberry sourtop bleuet fausse-myrtille
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydberg Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides (Michaux) House Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 517.

Plants forming ± open colonies, 1–11.5 dm; twigs greenish brown, terete, pilose or hairy. 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. Flowers: calyx green, glabrous, (eglandular); corolla greenish white to pink, urceolate, 3–5 mm, (eglandular); filaments usually hairy. Berries blue, glaucous, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 10–40, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Open or disturbed sites in boreal forest, muskegs, bogs, barrens, headlands, outcrops, mountain meadows
Elevation: 0-1700 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Vt., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Vaccinium myrtilloides"
Sam P. Vander Kloet +
Michaux +
Velvetleaf blueberry +, sourtop +  and bleuet fausse-myrtille +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0-1700 m +
Open or disturbed sites in boreal forest, muskegs, bogs, barrens, headlands, outcrops, mountain meadows +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Cyanococcus canadensis +, Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides +  and Vaccinium canadense +
Vaccinium myrtilloides +
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus +
species +