Vaccinium stamineum
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| Vaccinium stamineum L. |
Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, squaw huckleberry or gooseberry, is a flowering shrub in the heath family. The plant is native to eastern North America from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Texas. Its white, bell-shaped flowers consisting of 5 spreading petals emerge from April through June, and on rare occasions from October through November. The fruit is an edible pubescent berry. The species is highly variable and a number of varieties have been named. It is typically found in rocky or sandy soil in xeric woodlands.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Vaccinium stamineum. NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Radford, Albert E.; Ahles, Harry E.; Bell, C. Ritchie (1964), Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 814, ISBN 0-8078-1087-8
[edit] External links
Media related to Vaccinium stamineum from the Wikimedia Commons.- USDA Plants Profile for Vaccinium stamineum
- Vaccinium stamineum at Flora of Missouri Online
