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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Ericaceae
|genus=Vaccinium
|species=crassifolium
|common_name=Creeping blueberry
|habit=shrub
|Min ht metric=cm
|Min ht metric=cm
|origin=SE USA
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Upload.png
|image=Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=A plant at the US Botanical Garden
}}
}}
'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is an [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]]. Can be used as groundcover.
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Vaccinium crassifolium, Andr. Slender trailing shrub: sts. 2-3 ft. long: twigs pubescent: lvs. small, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long, leathery and shining, oval to narrowly oblong or ovate or obovate, obtuse, sparsely serrulate or entire: fls. few, almost sessile, in small axillary clusters; corolla globose-campanulate, small (1/8 in. long), rose-red, rarely whitish: berries black. Sandy moist pine lands, N. C. to Ga. B.M. 1152—"Useful for the shrubbery border South."
Vaccinium crassifolium, Andr. Slender trailing shrub: sts. 2-3 ft. long: twigs pubescent: lvs. small, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long, leathery and shining, oval to narrowly oblong or ovate or obovate, obtuse, sparsely serrulate or entire: fls. few, almost sessile, in small axillary clusters; corolla globose-campanulate, small (1/8 in. long), rose-red, rarely whitish: berries black. Sandy moist pine lands, N. C. to Ga. B.M. 1152—"Useful for the shrubbery border South."
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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