Vaccinium myrtilloides Michaux

Vaccinium myrtilloides Michaux is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• bleuet fausse-myrtille Darbyshire et al., 2000
• airelle du Canada Louis-Marie, 1953
• airelle fausse-myrtille Marie-Victorin, 1995
• airelle faux-myrtille Louis-Marie, 1953
• bleuet du Canada Cunningham, 1958
• bleuet rameau-velouté Lamoureux, 2002
• bleuets Marie-Victorin, 1995

• velvet-leaved blueberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Canada blueberry Harms, 2006
• sourtop FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• sourtop blueberry Hinds, 2000

Synonyms

• Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydberg FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides (Michaux) House FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Vaccinioideae
Tribe	Vaccinieae
Genus	Vaccinium
Section	Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
Species	Vaccinium myrtilloides

Habit

Shrub