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Vaccinium myrtillus
dwarf blueberry, low blueberry
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains.

Habitat: Forest openings at middle elevations in the mountains

Flowers: May-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees

Description:
General:

Deciduous, many-branched shrub 2-3 dm. tall, the branches strongly angled, greenish, usually puberulent.

Leaves:

Leaves ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, light green, strongly serrulate, strongly veiny on the lower surface.

Flowers:

Flowers single in the axils on pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx shallowly 5-lobed; corolla entire, pinkish, broadly urn-shaped; anthers with dorsal awns and apical, pore-bearing tubes; ovary inferior.

Fruits:

Fruit a berry, dark red to bluish, 5-8 mm. long.

Accepted Name:
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 349. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Vaccinium myrtillus L. ssp. oreophilum (Rydb.) Á. Löve, D. Löve & B.M. Kapoor
Vaccinium myrtillus L. var. oreophilum (Rydb.) Dorn [KZ99]
Vaccinium oreophilum Rydb.
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Vaccinium myrtillus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Vaccinium myrtillus checklist entry

OregonFlora: Vaccinium myrtillus information

E-Flora BC: Vaccinium myrtillus atlas page

CalPhotos: Vaccinium myrtillus photos

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