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2 Cultivation and uses  





3 Gallery  





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Elliott's blueberry
Plant in flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Tribe: Vaccinieae
Genus: Vaccinium
Section: Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
Species:
V. elliotti
Binomial name
Vaccinium elliotti

Chapm.

Synonyms[1]
  • Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) Small

Vaccinium elliottii (Elliott's blueberry) is a species of Vaccinium in the blueberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus). It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from southeastern Virginia south to Florida, and west to Arkansas and Texas.

Growth[edit]

Vaccinium elliottii is a deciduous shrub 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) tall, with small, simple ovoid-acute leaves 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are pale pink, bell-shaped, 6–8 mm long, opening in the early spring before the new leaves appear.

The fruit is an edible berry 5–8 mm diameter. There are two variants one having tart shiny blue black berries and the other sweeter type having a whitish waxy bloom over the otherwise blue black berries; they ripen from late spring (in Florida) through summer (in Arkansas and Virginia). Chromosome count 2n=24[2]

Cultivation and uses[edit]

Vaccinium elliottii produces a particularly large yield of somewhat sour berries. It is popular for late-season fruit.

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ "Vaccinium elliottii detail". FSUS. 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  • External links[edit]


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    Categories: 
    Vaccinium
    Blueberries
    Flora of the Southeastern United States
    Flora of the Appalachian Mountains
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