Vaccinium membranaceum Torr.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Branched, 5–10(–15) dm, usually ± colonial; lvs thin, deciduous, ovate-oblong to oblong, 3–6 cm, acute, finely aristate-serrulate throughout with incurved teeth, rounded at base, glabrous; petioles 2–3 mm; fls solitary in the lower axils of the season, nodding on pedicels 1–2 mm; sep very short and broad or nearly obsolete; cor subglobose, 5–6 mm; anthers spurred; fr purple or black, 8–10 mm. Moist woods; Bruce Penins., Ont.; Upper Penins., Mich.; Alta. and B.C. to n. Calif. and n. Utah; Ariz. May, June.
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Common Names
mountain-bilberry