Vaccinium ovatum

Plants clump- or crown-forming; twigs ± terete, pilose. Leaf blades pale green abaxially, lustrous dark green adaxially, narrowly ovate, 21–29 × 8–12 mm, coriaceous, margins sharply serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially. Flowers: corolla pinkish, 3–5 mm; filaments hairy. Berries black or blue, 6–8 mm diam. 2n = 24.

Phenology: Flowering early spring-mid summer.
Habitat: Edges of coniferous forests, also epiphytic on trunks of redwoods
Elevation: 0-30 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

Camp, W. H. 1941. Studies in the Ericales: A review of the North American Gaylussacieae; with remarks on the origin and migration of the group. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 531–551.

Floyd, J. W. 2002. Phylogenetic and biogeographic patterns in Gaylussacia (Ericaceae) based on morphological, nuclear DNA, and chloroplast DNA variation. Syst. Bot. 27: 99–115.

Sleumer, H. 1967. Die Gattung Gaylussacia H.B.K. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 86: 309–384.

Lower Taxa

None.