Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Vaccinium oxycoccos L. |
Synonyms | Oxycoccus vulgaris Raf. |
Oxycoccus europaeus Nutt. | |
Oxycoccus palustris Pers. | |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | leaves dark green, oblong or ovate, 5-11mm, coriaceous, glabrous, revolute, entire, acute, flowers in umbellate raceme, tetramerous, glabrous |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Eastern Asia (Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Maryland) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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