Vaccinium pallidum
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Vaccinium pallidum |
| Common name: | late low bush blueberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6 - 36" |
| Foliage: | alternate leaves, simple, finely toothed, elliptic, leaves much paler on the undersides, glands on the underside |
| Flower: | 1/4" greenish- pink, bell-shaped, solitary or in small clusters |
| Flowering time: | March to May, with sweet edible bluish black fruit in mid- to late- summer |
| Habitat: | dry open acidic soils |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | Most cultivated blueberries are hybridized from this plant. For more information on the cultivation of blueberries, visit Whitesbog.org, where blueberries were first cultivated. Whitesbog Village is located in Ocean County, NJ. |