Vaccinium pallidum

Aiton

Hort. Kew. 2: 10. 1789 ,.

Common names: Blue Ridge or late low-bush blueberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Cyanococcus liparis Small Cyanococcus margarettae (Ashe) Small Cyanococcus pallidus (Aiton) Small Cyanococcus subcordatus Small Cyanococcus tallapusae Coville ex Small Cyanococcus vacillans (Kalm ex Torrey) Rydberg Vaccinium altomontanum Ashe Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum (Aiton) A. Gray Vaccinium margarettae Ashe Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torrey Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum Fernald Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense Ashe Vaccinium viride
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 517.

Shrubs, erect, (3–) 4–12 (–40) dm, rhizomatous, (twigs of previous year not verrucose). Leaves persistent. Inflorescences terminal, racemes, on lateral twigs, on previous year’s shoots or older woody stems. Pedicels articulated with calyx-tube. Flowers: sepals 5; petals 4–5, connate for nearly their entire lengths, corolla cylindric or urceolate; stamens 10, included; anthers ± without awns, tubules 1–1.5 mm, with terminal pores. Berries [4-], 5-locular, [pseudo 8-locular, or pseudo 10] -locular. Seeds 10–25, (ca. 1 mm).


Phenology: Flowering mid-late spring.
Habitat: Dry, open oak or oak- hickory woods, open pine woods, ledges, abandoned farmland or cut-over deciduous forests
Elevation: 0-1600 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

The flowers of Vaccinium pallidum are visited primarily by Andrena carlini Cockerell and Bombus spp. This species occasionally hybridizes with V. angustifolium, yielding V. ×dobbinii Burnham.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Vaccinium pallidum"
72 +, 48 +  and 24 +
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
Sam P. Vander Kloet +
furrowed +  and smooth +
not flaky +
ovate;oblong-lanceolate or spatulate +
membranous;coriaceous +
Blue Ridge or late low-bush blueberry +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
urceolate;cylindric +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0-1600 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
hairy +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
ovoid;globose +
Dry, open oak or oak- hickory woods, open pine woods, ledges, abandoned farmland or cut-over deciduous forests +
terminal +  and axillary +
pseudoverticillate +  and alternate +
persistent +
usually much shorter +
shorter to longer +
serrate +  and entire +
10-locular +, pseudo +  and 4-5-locular +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
red;cream;pink bronze or green +
4 +  and 5 +
reduced +
not sticky +
Flowering mid-late spring. +
4-5-carpellate +
2-10-flowered +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
ellipsoid +
procumbent +  and creeping +
creeping +, spreading +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
straight +
brochidodromous +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Cyanococcus liparis +, Cyanococcus margarettae +, Cyanococcus pallidus +, Cyanococcus subcordatus +, Cyanococcus tallapusae +, Cyanococcus vacillans +, Vaccinium altomontanum +, Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum +, Vaccinium margarettae +, Vaccinium vacillans +, Vaccinium vacillans var. crinitum +, Vaccinium vacillans var. missouriense +  and Vaccinium viride +
Vaccinium pallidum +
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus +
species +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +
multicellular-hairy +