Ericaceae

Canada blueberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium

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Canada blueberry: Day 1- Eagle Hill — Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 加拿大藍莓, 加拿大蓝莓, 拟桃金娘越橘, 绒叶越橘
English: Canada blueberry, Sourtop, Velvetleaf blueberry, Velvetleaf huckleberry, Velvet-leaved blueberry
French: Airelle du Canada, Airelle fausse myrtille, Bleuet du Canada, Bleuet fausse-myrtille

Synonyms

Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydb.
Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson
Vaccinium myrtilloides f. myrtilloides

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 224 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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
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.