familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 5 November 2020
Plants forming small to extensive, open colonies, 0.8–10 dm; twigs green, glaucous, or yellow, ± angled, hairy in lines, often glabrous. Leaves deciduous; blade pale green or glaucous abaxially, dark green adaxially, ovate to broadly elliptic, 25–38 × 13–22 mm, membranous to subcoriaceous, margins ± entire, abaxial surface usually glabrous, rarely hairy, eglandular. Flowers: calyx green, glaucous, glabrous; corolla greenish white with pink striping, cylindro-urceolate, 4–10 mm; filaments ± glabrous. Berries usually blue, glaucous, 4–8 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 5–20, ca. 1 mm. 2n = 24, 48.
Distribution
w North America, Mexico, Central America, n South America.
Discussion
Species 7 or 8 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.