Vaccinium cespitosum

Vaccinium cespitosum
Vaccinium cespitosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. cespitosum
Binomial name
Vaccinium cespitosum
Michx.
Synonyms

Vaccinium arbuscula
Vaccinium nivictum

Vaccinium cespitosum, (also, caespitosum), the dwarf bilberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the genus Vaccinium, which includes blueberries, huckleberries, and cranberries.

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Range

Vaccinium cespitosum is found across Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Western United States including California.

Description

Vaccinium cespitosum is a low-lying plant rarely reaching half a meter (1.5 feet) in height which forms a carpetlike stand in rocky mountainous meadows. The dwarf bilberry foliage is reddish-green to green and the flowers are tiny urn-shaped light pink cups less than a centimeter wide.

The fruits are edible blue bilberries.

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