Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
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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 - Bushy-branched shrub to 1.5 m, crown-forming or seldom colonial; lvs thin, deciduous, elliptic or oval, 2–5 cm, obtuse or rounded at both ends, entire or aristate-serrulate only below the middle, glabrous, paler green beneath, on petioles 1–2 mm; fls solitary in the lower axils of the season, on spreading or decurved pedicels 4–8 mm; cal-lobes very short or nearly obsolete; cor 7–10 mm; much-constricted at the throat; anthers spurred; fr purplish-black, nearly 1 cm. Moist woods; Nf. to N.S. and e. Que.; n. Mich. and adj. Ont.; Black Hills; Alas. to Ida. and Oreg. May.
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Common Names
tall bilberry