Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
-
Oxycoccus ovalifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Oxycoccus palustris
COMMON NAME:
Small Cranberry
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_vaccoxy
June? Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Corolla strongly reflexed at anthesis, white to deep pink; filaments hairy, per Flora of North America.
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_vaccoxy_b
June? Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Pedicels 2-3cm, bracteolate or not; bracteoles 1-5, reddish, scalelike, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
-
Oxycoccus ovalifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Oxycoccus palustris
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Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White to deep pink
Bisexual
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
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