Vaccinium boreale
| Vaccinium boreale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. boreale
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium boreale | |
Vaccinium boreale, common name northern blueberry, sweet hurts, or bleuet boréal (in French), is a plant species native to the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
Description
Vaccinium boreale is a small shrub up to 9 centimetres (3+1⁄2 in) tall - it is a
elliptic, up to 21 millimetres (13⁄16 in) long, with teeth along the margins. Flowers are white, up to 4 millimetres (5⁄32 in) long. Berries are blue, up to 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ^ "Vaccinium boreale in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ Vander Kloet, S. P. 1977. The taxonomic status of Vaccinium boreale. Canadian Journal of Botany 55: 281-288.
- ^ Vander Kloet, S. P. 1988. The Genus Vaccinium in North America. Ottawa. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Publication number 1828.
- S2CID 58573080.
- ^ Hall, Ivan Victor, & Aalders, Lewis Eldon. 1961. American Journal of Botany 48(3): 200–201, f. 1 [map].
- ^ Trehane, J. 2004. Blueberries, Cranberries, and Other Vacciniums. Portland, Maine.
- ^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
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