Vaccinium sect. Vaccinium

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 518. Mentioned on page 516.

Shrubs, procumbent to erect, (0.3-)1.2-4(-9) dm, rhizomatous. Leaves deciduous. Inflorescences axillary, racemes, 2-4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, ebracteate, from scaly bud on previous year’s wood. Pedicels ± articulated with calyx tube. Flowers: sepals 4-5; petals 4-5(-6), connate for 3/4 to nearly their entire lengths, corolla urceolate; stamens usually 8, included; anthers with awns, tubules ca. 1 mm. Berries 4-5-locular. Seeds ca. 8-15.

Distribution

North America, Eurasia, circumboreal.

Discussion

Species 1.