Vaccinium ovalifolium
species of plant
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 grows in northerly regions.
Description
V. ovalifolium is a spreading shrub which may grow to 2 metres (6+1⁄2 ft) tall. The twigs are brown, yellow or reddish, while the older bark is grayish. The leaves are 2.5–3.5 centimetres (1–1+1⁄2 in) long, green on top, and pale below.
The plant has pink, 0.64 cm (1⁄4 in), urn-shaped flowers. The berries are dark blue, often black, 0.5–1 cm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in) across, and sometimes have a waxy coating.
Cytology is 2n = 24, 72.
Distribution
The original variety (i.e. the automatically named V. o. var.
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