Vaccinium corymbosum

Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum )

The highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum ) - engl. also huckleberry - is a species in the genus of blueberries. It is the most important of the North American blueberry species from which the present-day cultivated blueberries were grown.

Description

The highbush blueberry is a 1 to 4 meters high, much branched shrub with smooth or slightly hairy branches. The stalked short, simple leaves are oblong- round to elliptical and 2.5 to 8 cm long, usually pointed and bristly hairy on the edge, but at least with fine hairs along the venation the bottom.

The grapes appear before the leaves and are as long as the inflorescence stems, bracts are obsolete. The crown is 6 to 12 mm long, with five white or pale pink, cylindrical or near the throat tapering weak corners. The berries are round, dark blue fruits and reach a diameter of 6 to 8 mm.

Distribution area

The highbush blueberry is native to swampy meadows and moist woods from Newfoundland to Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana.

Utilization

The berries are estimated food.

Swell

  • John Kunkel Small: Flora of the southeastern United States. 1903, pp. 895, online.
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