| Vaccinium hirsutum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. hirsutum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley 1843 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyanococcus hirsutus (Buckley) Small | |
Vaccinium hirsutum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common name hairy blueberry. This species is endemic to a small area in the southern Appalachian mountains, where it is only known from a few counties in eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2]
Vaccinium hirsutum is native to dry oak-pine ridges, where it can be locally abundant. It is a shrub up to 75 cm (28 inches) tall, forming large colonies. Leaves are rather thick, elliptical, densely hairy, up to 62 mm (2 1/2 inches) long.[3]
Vaccinium hirsutum produces white, cylindrical flowers in late spring, followed by hairy, black berries in the summer.[3]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 "Vaccinium hirsutum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
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