familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
genusVaccinium
sectionVaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus
speciesVaccinium ovatum
Vaccinium ovatum
Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 290. 1813 ,.
Common names: California huckleberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Vaccinium ovatum var. saporosum Jepson
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
B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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... more about "Vaccinium ovatum"
absent +
eglandular +
dehiscent +
inverted +
not flaky +
glaucous +
ovate;broadly elliptic +
membranous;subcoriaceous +
much shorter +
green +
open +
California huckleberry +
aromatic +
absent +
pinkish +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
cylindro-urceolate +
fascicles +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
straight +
distinct +
hairy +
symmetric +
pendulous +
baccate +
ovoid;globose +
fleshy +
absent +
lustrous +
ovate +
coriaceous +
8mm;12mm +
simple +
deciduous +
cauline +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
serrate +
,;plane +
revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
axile +
inferior +
lobed +
anatropous +
fascicles +
absent +
red;cream;pink bronze or green +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
1941 +
2-10-flowered +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
2;40 +
ellipsoid +
connate +
absent +
Endemic +
included +
8;10 +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
brochidodromous +
Vaccinium ovatum +
Vaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus +
species +
reticulate +
thin +
pilose +
terete +
absent +
multicellular-hairy +