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|accepted_name=Vaccinium ovatum
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 290. 1813 ,
}}
|common_names=California huckleberry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium ovatum var. saporosum
|authority=Jepson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus;Vaccinium ovatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vaccinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Vaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium ovatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 530
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>clump- or crown-forming; twigs ± terete, pilose. <b>Leaf</b> blades pale green abaxially, lustrous dark green adaxially, narrowly ovate, 21–29 × 8–12 mm, coriaceous, margins sharply serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially. <b>Flowers</b>: corolla pinkish, 3–5 mm; filaments hairy. <b>Berries</b> black or blue, 6–8 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring-mid summer.
|habitat=Edges of coniferous forests, also epiphytic on trunks of redwoods
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=camp1941a
|text=Camp, W. H. 1941. Studies in the Ericales: A review of the North American Gaylussacieae; with remarks on the origin and migration of the group. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 531–551.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=floyd2002a
|text=Floyd, J. W. 2002. Phylogenetic and biogeographic patterns in Gaylussacia (Ericaceae) based on morphological, nuclear DNA, and chloroplast DNA variation. Syst. Bot. 27: 99–115.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=sleumer1967a
|text=Sleumer, H. 1967. Die Gattung Gaylussacia H.B.K. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 86: 309–384.
}}
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name=Vaccinium ovatum
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Vaccinium ovatum var. saporosum
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring-mid summer.
|habitat=Edges of coniferous forests, also epiphytic on trunks of redwoods
|elevation=0-30 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=camp1941a;floyd2002a;sleumer1967a
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1034.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Pyxothamnus
|species=Vaccinium ovatum
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