Ericaceae
Blue Ridge blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 旱地蓝莓, 银蓝越橘
- English
- Blue Ridge blueberry, Dryland blueberry, Hillside blueberry
Synonyms
- Cyanococcus liparus Small
- Cyanococcus pallidus (Aiton) Small
- Cyanococcus subcordatus Small
- Cyanococcus tallapusae Coville ex Small
- Cyanococcus vacillans (Kalm) Rydb.
- Vaccinium altomontanum Ashe
- Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum (Aiton) A.Gray
- Vaccinium liparum (Small) Uphof
- Vaccinium missouriense (Ashe) Ashe
- Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Torr.
- Vaccinium subcordatum (Small) Uphof
- Vaccinium tallapusae (Coville ex Small) Uphof
- Vaccinium torreyanum Camp
- Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr.
- Vaccinium vacillans var. vacillans
- Vaccinium viride Ashe
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, 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.