Vaccinium stamineum

Taxobox
name = Deerberry


image_width =250px
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Vaccinium stamineum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Vaccinium+stamineum
accessdate = 2008-04-29]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Vaccinium"
species = "V. stamineum"
binomial = "Vaccinium stamineum"
binomial_authority = L.

"Vaccinium stamineum", commonly known as deerberry, squaw huckleberry or gooseberry, is a flowering shrub in the heath family. The plant is native to eastern North America from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Texas. Its white, bell-shaped flowers consisting of 5 spreading petals emerge from April through June, and on rare occasions from October through November. The fruit is an edible pubescent berry. The species is highly variable and a number of varieties have been named. It is typically found in rocky or sandy soil in xeric woodlands.citation| last=Radford| first=Albert E.; Ahles, Harry E.; Bell, C. Ritchie| title=Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas| publisher=University of North Carolina Press| year=1964| location=Chapel Hill| page=814| isbn=0-8078-1087-8]

References

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VAST USDA Plants Profile for "Vaccinium stamineum"]
* [http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Vaccinium_stamineum_page.html "Vaccinium stamineum" at Flora of Missouri Online]