Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Oxycoccus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vaccinium oxycoccos
INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oxycoccus microcarpon
COMMON NAME:
Small Cranberry
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_vaccoxy
June? Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Corolla strongly reflexed at anthesis, white to deep pink; filaments hairy, per Flora of North America.
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_vaccoxy_b
June? Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Pedicels 2-3cm, bracteolate or not; bracteoles 1-5, reddish, scalelike, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Vaccinium oxycoccos
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oxycoccus microcarpon
3896
Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White to deep pink
Bisexual
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
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