View source for Vaccinium myrtillus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Vaccinium myrtillus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 349. 1753,
}}
|common_names=Whortleberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium myrtillus subsp. oreophilum
|authority=(Rydberg) Á. Löve, D. Löve & B. M. Kapoor
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum
|authority=(Rydberg) Dorn
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium oreophilum
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus;Vaccinium myrtillus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vaccinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium myrtillus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 516, 521, 522
|treatment_page=page 523
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming open colonies, 0.5–12 dm, rhizomatous; twigs green, conspicuously 3-angled, glabrous or minutely puberulent along grooves. <b>Leaf</b> blades bright green, broadly elliptic or ovate, 19–27 × 7–11 mm, margins sharply serrate, surfaces laxly glandular abaxially. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx green, lobes ± recurved (or absent and margins of tube sinuate), deltate, 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous; corolla pink, cream, or greenish white, globose, 3–5 × 5–7 mm, thin, glaucous; filaments glabrous. <b>Berries</b> purple-black or bluish black, rarely reddish or red, 7–9 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24, 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Heaths, montane heaths, boggy barrens, degraded meadows, open coniferous forests, oak parklands, disturbed or open birch woods, hummocky seepage slopes, moraines
|elevation=0-2600 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;e Asia (Japan).
|discussion=<p><i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i> fruits are popular in Europe and are known to possess antioxidants and other compounds beneficial to vascular health. Berries in Europe are extensively harvested from wild stands. In North America, the fruits were used by the Kootenai, Carrier, Shuswap, and other native tribes. The small plant and fruit sizes create challenges for commercialization in North America.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=albert2003a
|text=Albert, T., O. Raspe, and A. L. Jacquemart. 2003. Clonal structure in Vaccinium myrtillus L. revealed by RAPD and AFLP markers. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 164: 649–655.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=upton2001a
|text=Upton, R., ed. 2001. Bilberry Fruit: Vaccinium myrtillus L. Standards of Analysis, Quality Control, and Therapeutics. Santa Cruz.
}}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vaccinium myrtillus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Vaccinium myrtillus subsp. oreophilum;Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum;Vaccinium oreophilum
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Heaths, montane heaths, boggy barrens, degraded meadows, open coniferous forests, oak parklands, disturbed or open birch woods, hummocky seepage slopes, moraines
|elevation=0-2600 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Europe;e Asia (Japan).
|reference=albert2003a;upton2001a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1017.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
|species=Vaccinium myrtillus
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