Ericaceae
Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Deerberry
Synonyms
- Arbutus myrtilloides Humb. ex Steud.
- Picrococcus elevatum (Banks & Sol. ex Wikstr.) Nutt.
- Picrococcus floridanus Nutt.
- Picrococcus stamineus (L.) Nutt.
- Polycodium ashei Harb.
- Polycodium caesium (Greene) Greene
- Polycodium candicans (C.Mohr) Small
- Polycodium depressum Small
- Polycodium depressum var. minus Ashe
- Polycodium elevatum (Banks & Sol. ex Wikstr.) Greene
- Polycodium floridanum (Nutt.) Greene
- Polycodium floridanum var. caesium (Greene) Ashe
- Polycodium floridanum var. molle Ashe
- Polycodium floridanum var. revolutum (Greene) Ashe
- Polycodium glandulosum Ashe
- Polycodium interius Ashe
- Polycodium interius var. commune Ashe
- Polycodium interius var. subglandulosum Ashe
- Polycodium langloisii Greene
- Polycodium lautum Ashe
- Polycodium leptosepalum Small
- Polycodium macilentum Small
- Polycodium melanocarpum (C.Mohr) Small
- Polycodium multiflorum Ashe
- Polycodium multiflorum var. uniquum Ashe
- Polycodium neglectum Small
- Polycodium neglectum var. harbisonii Ashe
- Polycodium oblongum (Greene) Greene
- Polycodium oliganthum Greene
- Polycodium parvum Ashe
- Polycodium quercinum Ashe
- Polycodium revolutum (Greene) Greene
- Polycodium stamineum (L.) Greene
- Polycodium stamineum var. affine Ashe
- Polycodium stamineum var. austromontanum Ashe
- Polycodium stamineum var. virginianum Ashe
- Vaccinium arenicola (Ashe) Sleumer
- Vaccinium bellum (Ashe) Sleumer
- Vaccinium caesium Greene
- Vaccinium concoloratum (Ashe) Sleumer
and 31 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ieponumos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.