Ericaceae

Highbush blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium

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Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) — FlowerPhoto: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: قمام عثكولي
arz: فاكينيوم كورمبوسوم
Asturian: Arandanera azul
Catalan: Nabiu blau
Chinese: 北方高丛蓝莓, 北方高叢藍莓, 兔眼蓝莓, 兔眼越橘, 南高丛蓝莓, 埃利越橘, 小穗越橘, 拟态越橘
Croatian: Američka borovnica
csb: Wësokô bòrówka
Czech: Brusnice chocholičnatá, Borůvka chocholičnatá, Kanadská borůvka
Danish: Storfrugtet blåbær, Amerikansk blåbær
Dutch: Trosbosbes, Blauwe bes
English: Highbush blueberry, Smallflower blueberry, Smooth highbush blueberry, New Jersey blueberry, Southern blueberry, Swamp blueberry, Blue huckleberry, High blueberry
Esperanto: Blua bero
Finnish: Pensasmustikka
French: Bleuet cultivé, Corymbelle, Grande myrtille, Myrtille américaine, Myrtille d'Amérique
Galician: Arandeira americana
German: Amerikanische Heidelbeere, Amerikanische Blaubeere
Hungarian: Fürtös áfonya
Italian: Mirtillo gigante americano
Japanese: 北部ハイブッシュ系
Latvian: Augstās krūmmellenes
Lithuanian: Aukštoji šilauogė
nds: Blauwe beze, Blauwe bees
Polish: Borówka wysoka, Borówka amerykańska, Niebieska jagoda
Russian: Голубика высокорослая, Вакциниум щитковый, Голубика американская, Голубика высокая, Голубика древовидная, Голубика канадская, Голубика садовая, Голубика щитковая
Serbian: Sjeverna visokožbunasta borovnica, Američka visokožbunasta borovnica
Spanish: Arandano azul, Arándano alto, Arándano alto del norte, Arándano azul, Arándano de flor pequeña, Arándano de Nueva Jjersey, Arándano de pantano, Arándano del sur
Swedish: Amerikanskt blåbär
Vietnamese: Việt quất bụi cao, Việt quất bụi cao phương bắc, Việt quất xanh
Welsh: Llusen america

Synonyms

Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) Small
Cyanococcus atrococcus (A.Gray) Small
Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb.
Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) Small
Cyanococcus fuscatus (Aiton) Small
Cyanococcus holophyllus Small
Cyanococcus margarettae (Ashe) Small
Cyanococcus simulatus (Small) Small
Polycodium sericeum (C.Mohr) C.B.Rob.
Polycodium sericeum f. chrysocarpon Ashe
Polycodium sericeum var. eburneum Ashe
Polycodium sericeum var. elongatum Ashe
Vaccinium albiflorum Hook.
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton
Vaccinium arcuatum (Ashe) Sleumer
Vaccinium ashei Reade
Vaccinium constablaei A.Gray
Vaccinium corymbosum f. corymbosum
Vaccinium corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hook.) Fernald
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum A.Gray
Vaccinium corymbosum var. corymbosum
Vaccinium corymbosum var. fuscatum (Aiton) Hook.
Vaccinium cuthbertii (Small) Uphof
Vaccinium disocarpum A.Gray
Vaccinium disomorphum Michx.
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.
Vaccinium elongatum P.Watson
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
Vaccinium galezans Michx.
Vaccinium galiformis Sm.
Vaccinium grandiflorum P.Watson
Vaccinium holophyllum (Small) Uphof
Vaccinium margarettae Ashe
Vaccinium marylandicum Steud.
Vaccinium melanocarpum var. sericeum C.Mohr
Vaccinium sericeum (C.Mohr) E.J.Palmer
Vaccinium sericeum f. chrysocarpon (Ashe) Sleumer
Vaccinium sericeum var. eburneum (Ashe) Sleumer
Vaccinium sericeum var. elongatum (Ashe) Sleumer
Vaccinium simulatum Small

and 2 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 581 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matt Neidert, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Darin Ramsey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michaela Zidkova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: hankster2003, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.