Vaccinium hirsutum

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Vaccinium hirsutum
File:Vaccinium hirsutum.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species:
V. hirsutum
Binomial name
Vaccinium hirsutum
Buckley 1843
Synonyms[1]

Cyanococcus hirsutus (Buckley) Small

Vaccinium hirsutum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common name hairy blueberry. This species is endemic to a small area in the southern Appalachian Mountains, where it is only known from a few counties in eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2] Vaccinium hirsutum is native to dry oak-pine ridges, where it can be locally abundant. It is a shrub up to 75 cm (28 inches) tall, forming large colonies. Leaves are rather thick, elliptical, densely hairy, up to 62 mm (2 1/2 inches) long.[3] Vaccinium hirsutum produces white, cylindrical flowers in late spring, followed by hairy, black berries in the summer.[3]

References

  1. Tropicos, Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Vaccinium hirsutum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

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