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| name = ''Vaccinium stamineum''

|familia=Ericaceae

| common_names =     <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->

|genus=Vaccinium

| growth_habit =     <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->

|species=stamineum

| high =     <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

|common_name=Deerberry, Squaw Huckleberry

| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

|habit=shrub

| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->

|Max ht box=5

| lifespan = perennial

|Max ht metric=ft

| exposure =     <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->

|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| water =     <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

|Max wd box=3

| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->

|Max wd metric=ft

| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

|lifespan=perennial

| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->

|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->

|exposure=part-sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->

|water=moist

| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

|water_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->

|features=deciduous, edible

| regnum = Plantae

|Temp Metric=°F

| divisio = Magnoliophyta

|min_zone=5

| unranked_classis = eudicots

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| ordo = Ericales

|max_zone=9.5

| familia = Ericaceae

|image=Vaccinium stamineum flowers 1.JPG

| subfamilia = Vaccinioideae

|image_width=200

|image_caption=Deerberry

| genus = Vaccinium

| species = stamineum

| subspecies =  

| cultivar =  

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{{edit-desc}}<!--- Type GENERAL genus/plant description below this line, then delete this entire line -->

'''''Vaccinium stamineum''''', commonly known as '''deerberry''', '''squaw huckleberry''' or '''gooseberry''', is a flowering shrub in the [[Ericaceae|heath family]]. The plant is native to eastern [[North America]] from [[Ontario]] in the north, south to [[Florida]] and west to [[Texas]]. Its white, bell-shaped flowers consisting of 5 spreading petals emerge from April through June, and on rare occasions from October through November. The fruit is an edible pubescent [[berry]]. The species is highly variable and a number of varieties have been named. It is typically found in rocky or sandy soil in [[xeric]] woodlands.<ref name=radford>{{citation| last=Radford| first=Albert E.; Ahles, Harry E.; Bell, C. Ritchie| title=Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas| publisher=University of North Carolina Press| year=1964| location=Chapel Hill| page=814| isbn=0-8078-1087-8}}</ref>

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Deerberry. Squaw HuckleBerry. Fig. 3891. A divergently branched shrub, 2-5 ft. high, with pubescent twigs, not white-speckled: Ivs. 1-4 in. long, oval to obovate-oblong or elliptical, acute, entire, pale, glaucous and pubescent beneath: fls. very numerous in large leafy-bracted racemes, showy, jointed with the slender spreading or pendulous pedicels; calyx glabrous; corolla pure white, rarely purple-tinged, open-campanulate, 5-cleft, anthers and style exerted: fr. large, ⅜-½ in. long, globose or pyrifonn, greenish or yellowish, glaucous, few-seeded, almost or quite inedible. Dry woods and thickets, E. N. Amer. R.H. 1907, p. 94.—Corolla peculiar in not being closed in the bud.

Vaccinium stamineum, Linn. Deerberry. Squaw Huckleberry. A divergently branched shrub, 2-5 ft. high, with pubescent twigs, not white-speckled: lvs. 1-4 in. long, oval to obovate-oblong or elliptical, acute, entire, pale, glaucous and pubescent beneath: fls. very numerous in large leafy-bracted racemes, showy, jointed with the slender spreading or pendulous pedicels; calyx glabrous; corolla pure white, rarely purple-tinged, open-campanulate, 5-cleft, anthers and style exserted: fr. large, 3/8 – 1/2 in. long, globose or pyriform, greenish or yellowish, glaucous, few-seeded, almost or quite inedible. Dry woods and thickets, E. N. Amer.—Corolla peculiar in not being closed in the bud.

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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

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