Vaccinium pallidum

Vaccinium pallidum
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. pallidum
Binomial name
Vaccinium pallidum Aiton 1789
Synonyms
Synonymy Cyanococcus liparis Small Cyanococcus margarettae (Ashe) Small Cyanococcus pallidus (Aiton) Small Cyanococcus subcordatus Small Cyanococcus tallapusae Coville ex Small Cyanococcus vacillans] (Kalm ex Torrey) Rydberg Vaccinium altomontanum] Ashe Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum (Aiton) A. Gray Vaccinium margarettae Ashe Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torrey Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum Fernald Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense Ashe Vaccinium viride Ashe

Vaccinium pallidum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names hillside blueberry, Blue Ridge blueberry, late lowbush blueberry, and early lowbush blueberry. It is native to central Canada (Ontario) and the central and eastern United States (from Maine west to Wisconsin and south as far as Georgia and Louisiana) plus the Ozarks of Missouri, Arkansas, southeastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma.

Vaccinium pallidum is a deciduous shrub, erect in stature but variable in height. It generally grows 23 to 51 centimeters (9.2-20.4 inches) tall, but depending on environmental conditions it ranges from 8 centimeters (3.2 inches) to one full meter (40 inches) in height. It is colonial, sprouting from its rhizome to form colonies of clones. The shrub has greenish brown to red bark on its stems, and the smaller twigs may be green, reddish, yellowish, or gray. The alternately arranged leaves are also variable. They are generally roughly oval and measure 2 to 6 centimeters (0.8-2.4 inches) long. They are green to yellowish or bluish in color, turning red in the fall. The flowers are cylindrical, bell-shaped, or urn-shaped and are borne in racemes of up to 11. They are white to pinkish or greenish in color, or "greenish white with pink striping", and about half a centimeter to one centimeter long. They are pollinated by bees such as bumblebees and Andrena carlini. The fruit is a berry up to 1.2 centimeters long. It is waxy blue to shiny black in color, or rarely pure white. It contains several seeds, a few of which are generally not viable. The plant reproduces sexually via seed and vegetatively by sprouting from the rhizome.

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