Ericaceae
Early low-bush blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- عنبية ضيقة الورق
- arz
- عنبيه ضيقة الورق
- Chinese
- 矮叢藍莓, 狭叶越橘, 矮丛蓝莓, 矮丛越橘
- English
- Early low-bush blueberry, Low sweet blueberry, Lowbush blueberry, Northern lowbush blueberry, Sugarberry
- Estonian
- Ahtalehine mustikas
- Finnish
- Kanadanmustikka
- French
- Bleuet à feuilles étroites, Bleuet feuilles troites
- Italian
- Mirtillo di terra
Synonyms
- Cyanococcus angustifolius (Aiton) Rydb.
- Cyanococcus angustifolius var. laevifolius (House) Moldenke
- Cyanococcus pensylvanicus (Lam.) Rydb.
- Vaccinium angustifolium f. angustifolium
- Vaccinium angustifolium f. chiococcum (W.Deane) B.Boivin
- Vaccinium angustifolium f. leucocarpum (W.Deane) Rehder
- Vaccinium angustifolium f. nigrum (Alph.Wood) B.Boivin
- Vaccinium angustifolium var. angustifolium
- Vaccinium angustifolium var. laevifolium House
- Vaccinium brittonii Porter ex E.P.Bicknell
- Vaccinium humile Willd.
- Vaccinium lamarckii Camp
- Vaccinium minutiflorum P.Watson
- Vaccinium multiflorum Dunal
- Vaccinium pensylvanicum Lam.
- Vaccinium ramulosum Willd.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.