Vaccinium stamineum

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Scientific Names

Read about Vaccinium stamineum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Vaccinium stamineum, Linn. Deerberry. Squaw Huckleberry. Fig. 3891. 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. R.H. 1907, p. 94.—Corolla peculiar in not being closed in the bud. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Plant Characteristics
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Vaccinium stamineum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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