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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
| image_width = 245px
| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
| species = '''''V. crassifolium'''''
| binomial = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
| binomial_authority = Andr.
}}
'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is a species of ''[[Vaccinium]]'' native to the southeastern [[United States]]. It is [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]]. Several [[cultivar]]s are available for planting as a [[Groundcover|ground cover]] in landscaping.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=0-88192-557-8|author=MacKenzie, David, S.|title=Perennial Ground Covers|page=309}}</ref>
==Medicinal Usage==
The leaves have [[Herbalism|medicinal]] properties similar to [[Bearberry]] (Uva-ursi).<ref>[http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/sayre/vaccinium.html 416. VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM], A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M., 1917.</ref>
==References==
[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VACR Creeping Blueberry],
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, consulted [[2006-12-18]]). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Kirkman, W. B. & J. R. Ballington. 1990. Creeping blueberries (Ericaceae: ''Vaccinium'' sect. ''Herpothamnus'') - a new look at ''Vaccinium crassifolium'' including ''V. sempervirens''. [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/stdlit.pl?Syst%20Bot Syst. Bot.] 15:693.
<references/>
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
{{Ericales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
| image_width = 245px
| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
| species = '''''V. crassifolium'''''
| binomial = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
| binomial_authority = Andr.
}}
'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is a species of ''[[Vaccinium]]'' native to the southeastern [[United States]]. It is [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]]. Several [[cultivar]]s are available for planting as a [[Groundcover|ground cover]] in landscaping.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=0-88192-557-8|author=MacKenzie, David, S.|title=Perennial Ground Covers|page=309}}</ref>
==Medicinal Usage==
The leaves have [[Herbalism|medicinal]] properties similar to [[Bearberry]] (Uva-ursi).<ref>[http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/sayre/vaccinium.html 416. VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM], A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M., 1917.</ref>
==References==
[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VACR Creeping Blueberry],
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, consulted [[2006-12-18]]). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Kirkman, W. B. & J. R. Ballington. 1990. Creeping blueberries (Ericaceae: ''Vaccinium'' sect. ''Herpothamnus'') - a new look at ''Vaccinium crassifolium'' including ''V. sempervirens''. [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/stdlit.pl?Syst%20Bot Syst. Bot.] 15:693.
<references/>
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
{{Ericales-stub}}
