NameThatPlant.net: Vaccinium simulatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY Ericaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Mountain Highbush Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:

Vaccinium constablaei FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus simulatus

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Highbush Blueberry

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image of Vaccinium simulatum, Mountain Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan pdmvsimulatum_lvl1

June Avery County NC

Leaves narrowly ovate, apex acuminate, margins distinctly serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vaccinium corymbosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:
Vaccinium constablaei FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus simulatus

1579

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-pink
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry

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