Checklist » Ericaceae » Vaccinium myrtilloides
Last updated 11/5/2009 by David Giblin.
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.[FNA8, HC2]
velvet-leaf blueberry

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

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: Not at WTU; WS?

Notes: Rare. Not observed in the Pacific Northwest at the time H&C (1973) was published.

References: (none)


Photo © Bud Kovalchik
(from WTU Image Collection)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydb.
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. myrtilloides (Michx.) House
Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson
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