View source for Vaccinium pallidum

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|accepted_name=Vaccinium pallidum
|accepted_authority=Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Kew.
|place=2: 10. 1789 ,
}}
|common_names=Blue Ridge or late low-bush blueberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus liparis
|authority=Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus margarettae
|authority=(Ashe) Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus pallidus
|authority=(Aiton) Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus subcordatus
|authority=Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus tallapusae
|authority=Coville ex Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanococcus vacillans
|authority=(Kalm ex Torrey) Rydberg
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium altomontanum
|authority=Ashe
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum
|authority=(Aiton) A. Gray
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium margarettae
|authority=Ashe
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium vacillans
|authority=Kalm ex Torrey
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum
|authority=Fernald
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense
|authority=Ashe
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium viride
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus;Vaccinium pallidum
|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 pallidum]]</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>Shrubs,</b> erect, (3–)4–12(–40) dm, rhizomatous, (twigs of previous year not verrucose). <b>Leaves</b> persistent. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes, on lateral twigs, on previous year’s shoots or older woody stems. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated with calyx tube. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5; petals 4–5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, corolla cylindric or urceolate; stamens 10, included; anthers ± without awns, tubules 1–1.5 mm, with terminal pores. <b>Berries</b> [4-], 5-, [pseudo 8-, or pseudo 10]-locular. <b>Seeds</b> 10–25, (ca. 1 mm).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid-late spring.
|habitat=Dry, open oak or oak- hickory woods, open pine woods, ledges, abandoned farmland or cut-over deciduous forests
|elevation=0-1600 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The flowers of Vaccinium pallidum are visited primarily by Andrena carlini Cockerell and Bombus spp. This species occasionally hybridizes with V. angustifolium, yielding V. ×dobbinii Burnham.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=vander1978a
|text=Vander Kloet, S. P. 1978. The taxonomic status of Vaccinium pallidum, the hillside blueberries including Vaccinium vacillans. Canad. J. Bot. 56: 1559–1574.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vaccinium pallidum
|author=
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Cyanococcus liparis;Cyanococcus margarettae;Cyanococcus pallidus;Cyanococcus subcordatus;Cyanococcus tallapusae;Cyanococcus vacillans;Vaccinium altomontanum;Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum;Vaccinium margarettae;Vaccinium vacillans;Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum;Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense;Vaccinium viride
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid-late spring.
|habitat=Dry, open oak or oak- hickory woods, open pine woods, ledges, abandoned farmland or cut-over deciduous forests
|elevation=0-1600 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=vander1978a
|publication title=Hort. Kew.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1032.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
|species=Vaccinium pallidum
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