Ericaceae

Thinleaf huckleberry

Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium

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Thinleaf huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) — FlowerPhoto: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: وكب الجبال
arz: وكب الجبال
Chinese: 膜質越橘, 膜质越橘, 薄葉越橘
English: Thinleaf huckleberry
Malayalam: വാക്സിനിയം മെമ്പ്രാനേഷ്യം

Synonyms

Vaccinium coccinium Piper
Vaccinium globulare Rydb.
Vaccinium membranaceum var. membranaceum
Vaccinium membranaceum var. rigidum (Hook.) Fernald

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Christine from Washington State, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DeanWmTaylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: julie from Idaho, united states, CC BY 2.0, 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.