| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium microcarpum (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh. |
| Synonyms | Oxycoccus microcarpus Turcz. ex Rupr. |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Description | leaves dense, ovate or elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, revolute, entire, acute, flowers of 1-2, terminal, long pedicellate, tetramerous, glabrous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | 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 (Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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