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VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Ericaceae.

OBS

The plants are forming dense, extensive colonies, 10-30 cm; twigs of current season green to glaucous, more or less angled, glabrous or hairy. The leaves are deciduous; blade dark to pale green or glaucous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic ... Flowers ... usually white, cylindric to urceolate [pitcher-like] ... Berries are black or blue, rarely white.

Key term(s)
  • low-bush blueberry
  • early lowbush blueberry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Ericaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Especie diploide, silvestre, de tallos rizomatosos; con plantas que van de 15 a 45 cm de alto, de frutos pequeños, pero muy apreciados por la industria conservera por su peculiar aroma y sabor. Crece en latitudes boreales del norte de EE.UU. y del sur de Canadá, el número de variedades es reducido [...]

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