Vaccinium hirsutum
Appearance
Vaccinium hirsutum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Vaccinium |
Species: | V. hirsutum
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Binomial name | |
Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley 1843
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cyanococcus hirsutus (Buckley) Small |
Vaccinium hirsutum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common name hairy blueberry. This species is endemic to a small area in the southern Appalachian Mountains, where it is only known from a few counties in eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2]
Vaccinium hirsutum is native to dry oak-pine ridges, where it can be locally abundant. It is a shrub up to 75 cm (28 inches) tall, forming large colonies. Leaves are rather thick, elliptical, densely hairy, up to 62 mm (2 1/2 inches) long.[3]
Vaccinium hirsutum produces white, cylindrical flowers in late spring, followed by hairy, black berries in the summer.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos, Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b "Vaccinium hirsutum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
External links
[edit]Media related to Vaccinium hirsutum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Vaccinium hirsutum at Wikispecies