Vaccinium hirsutum
| Vaccinium hirsutum | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Section: | Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus |
| Species: | V. hirsutum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley 1843 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Cyanococcus hirsutus (Buckley) Small | |
Vaccinium hirsutum is a North American species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common name hairy blueberry.
Description
The species forms a shrub up to 75 centimetres (30 inches) tall, forming large colonies. The leaves are thick, elliptical, densely hairy, and up to 6.2 cm (2+1⁄2 in) long.[2]
White, cylindrical flowers appear in late spring, followed by hairy, black berries in the summer.[2]
Distribution and habitat
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.[3]
It is native to dry oak-pine ridges, where it can be locally abundant.[2]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
- 1 2 3 "Vaccinium hirsutum in Flora of North America". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
External links
Media related to Vaccinium hirsutum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Vaccinium hirsutum at Wikispecies
