Vaccinium pratense P.C.Tam ex C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen. Twigs angled, densely pubescent, glabrescent; bud scales caducous. Leaves scattered; petiole stout, flattened, ca. 2 mm, densely pubescent; leaf blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 2.4–3.6 × 1.3–2 cm, leathery, abaxially appressed-hairy, adaxially densely puberulent, secondary veins 3 or 4 pairs, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, margin slightly revolute or not, entire, with 2–5 basal glands per side, apex acute, shortly acuminate, or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences from upper axils, racemose, 4.5–6.5 cm, with sparse claviform glandular hairs, 5–10-flowered; bracts caducous, ovate-lanceolate, 1.1–1.6 cm, glabrous. Pedicel 4–6 mm, thickened toward apex. Hypanthium glabrous; calyx lobes triangular, 2.5–3 mm. Corolla purple-red, campanulate, 6–7 mm, glabrous; lobes erect or recurved, ovate-triangular, 2–3 mm. Filaments ca. 3 mm, puberulent; anthers ca. 4 mm, with 2 spreading spurs; tubules ca. 2 × as long as thecae. Berry ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. May, fr. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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

Vaccinium pratense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:933517-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048406
COL ID 7F6WR
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Synonyms

Vaccinium pratense