View source for Vaccinium myrtilloides

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Vaccinium myrtilloides
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 234. 1803 ,
}}
|common_names=Velvetleaf blueberry;sourtop;bleuet fausse-myrtille
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus canadensis
|authority=(Kalm ex Richardson) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides
|authority=(Michaux) House
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium canadense
|authority=Kalm ex Richardson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus;Vaccinium myrtilloides
|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. Cyanococcus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium myrtilloides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 517
|treatment_page=page 529
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming ± open colonies, 1–11.5 dm; twigs greenish brown, terete, pilose or hairy. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; blade green, elliptic, 23–35 × 8–16 mm, membranous to subcoriaceous, margins entire, surfaces ± densely hairy (sometimes mostly on veins), eglandular, sometimes glabrescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx green, glabrous, (eglandular); corolla greenish white to pink, urceolate, 3–5 mm, (eglandular); filaments usually hairy. <b>Berries</b> blue, glaucous, 6–8 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 10–40, ca. 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open or disturbed sites in boreal forest, muskegs, bogs, barrens, headlands, outcrops, mountain meadows
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vaccinium myrtilloides
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Cyanococcus canadensis;Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides;Vaccinium canadense
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open or disturbed sites in boreal forest, muskegs, bogs, barrens, headlands, outcrops, mountain meadows
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1031.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
|species=Vaccinium myrtilloides
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