Vaccinium ovalifolium

Vaccinium ovalifolium
Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Section: Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
Species:
V. ovalifolium
Binomial name
Vaccinium ovalifolium
Varieties
  • V. o. var. alpinum (Tatew.) T.Yamaz.
  • V. o. var. ovalifolium (autonym)
  • V. o. var. sachalinense T.Yamaz.
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • V. alaskaense Howell
  • V. axillare Nakai
  • V. chamissonis Bong.
  • V. c. var. alpinum Tatew. [≡V. o. var. alpinum]
  • V. o. var. coriaceum Boiss. [≡V. o. var. ovalifolium]

Vaccinium ovalifolium (commonly known as Alaska blueberry, early blueberry, oval-leaf bilberry, oval-leaf blueberry, and oval-leaf huckleberry) is a plant in the heath family with three varieties, all of which grow in northerly regions (e.g. the subarctic).

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