Vaccinium membranaceum
species of plant
Vaccinium membranaceum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, and "black huckleberry".
Description
Vaccinium membranaceum is an erect shrub growing up to 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall. The new twigs are yellow-green and somewhat angled. The deciduous leaves are alternately arranged. The leaf blades are oval, very thin to membranous, and up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long. The edges are serrated, with each tiny tooth tipped by a glandular hair.
Solitary flowers occur in the leaf axils. Each is around 6 millimetres (1⁄4 in) long, urn-shaped to cylindrical, and pale pink to waxy bronze in color. The species has a tetraploid set of genes and a total of 48 chromosomes.
The mature fruit ranges from red through bluish-purple to a dark, almost black berry about 1 cm wide.
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