Ericaceae
Southern mountain cranberry
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- فاكينيوم اريثروكاربوم
- Chinese
- 南方蔓越橘, 美国扁枝越橘
- English
- Southern mountain cranberry
- Serbian
- Арандо, Медвеђа бобица, Јужњачка планинска брусница
Synonyms
- Hugeria erythrocarpa (Michx.) Small
- Oxycoccoides erythrocarpus (Michx.) Nakai
- Oxycoccus erectus Pursh
- Oxycoccus erythrocarpus (Michx.) Pers.
- Schollera erecta Steud.
- Schollera erythrocarpa (Michx.) Steud.
- Schollera erythrocarpa (Michx.) Britton
- Vaccinium erythrocarpum f. erythrocarpum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jamie Karek, 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.