WorldFloraDB - Vaccinium erythrocarpum

Characteristics

Erect, branching shrub to 2 m; lvs thin, deciduous, subsessile, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–6 cm, minutely serrulate, ciliate, acuminate; pedicels solitary in the axils, nodding, not bracteate, 8–15 mm; cor 1 cm, pink or red to white, cleft to below the middle, the 4 narrow lobes revolute; anthers 8–11 mm, the tubules about equaling the thecae; fr red to deep purple or black, 1(–1.5) cm, usually insipid. Mt. forests; Va. and W.Va. to n. Ga. and c. Tenn. June–July. (Oxycoccus e.; Hugeria e.)

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An open shrub. It grows 90-180 cm high. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-6 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are green and slightly downy underneath. There are small teeth. The flowers are 1.3 cm long and narrow. There are 4 white or pink petals. These curve back at the tip. The fruit are 8-12 mm across. The fruit are scarlet berries which let the light through. They can be purple or black. They have little taste.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature width (meter)	1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter)	1.5
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Environment

Thickets, rocky woods, slopes and summits. Wooded slopes, subalpine shrub lands, boggy areas, rocky slopes and thickets; at elevations from 600-2,000 metres.

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It is a temperate plant. It grows on high mountains in the United States. It can grow in boggy areas or on rocky slopes.

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Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh. They are also eaten in jellies.

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Edible	fruits
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Cultivation

It can be grown by seed or from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	365
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261862-2
WFO ID	wfo-0001047091
COL ID	7F7M9
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vaccinium erythrocarpum f. erythrocarpum Vaccinium erythrocarpum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

Southern mountain cranberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium