| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium oxycoccos L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 351 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Oxycoca vulgaris Raf. Oxycoccus europaeus Pers. Oxycoccus gigas Hagerup Oxycoccus intermedius (A.Gray) Rydb. Oxycoccus ovalifolius (Michx.) A.E.Porsild Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) MacMill. Oxycoccus oxycoccos ssp. intermedius (A.Gray) Piper Oxycoccus palustris Pers. Oxycoccus palustris ssp. gigas (Hagerup) Soó Oxycoccus palustris var. intermedius (A.Gray) Howell Oxycoccus palustris var. macrophyllus Gugn. Oxycoccus palustris var. melanocarpus Stepanov Oxycoccus palustris f. microphyllus Lange Oxycoccus palustris ssp. microphyllus (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve Oxycoccus palustris var. myrtifolius Klett & Richt. Oxycoccus palustris var. ovalifolius (Michx.) F.Seym. Oxycoccus palustris var. vulgaris A.Blytt Oxycoccus quadripetalus Schinz & Thell. Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. bulbosus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. campanulatus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. conicus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. costatus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. cuboidaeus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. cylindricus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. deltoidaeus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. ellipticus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. elongato-ovoidaeus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. elongatopyricarpus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. globatopyricarpus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. guttatus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. leucanthus T.Shimizu Oxycoccus quadripetalus ssp. microphyllus (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve Oxycoccus quadripetalus var. microphyllus (Lange) Porsild Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. obovatus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. ovoidaeus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. pyramidalis Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus f. rapaceus Lekav. & Butkus Oxycoccus quadripetalus ssp. vulgaris (Blytt) Braun-Blanq. Oxycoccus vulgaris Bong. Schollera europaea (Pers.) Steud. Schollera oxycoccos (L.) Roth Schollera paludosa Baumg. Schollera palustris Steud. Vaccinium oxycoccos var. hispidulum Castigl. Vaccinium oxycoccos var. intermedium A.Gray Vaccinium oxycoccos f. leucanthum (T.Shimizu) Yonek. Vaccinium oxycoccos ssp. microphyllum (Lange) Feilberg Vaccinium oxycoccos var. microphyllum (Lange) J.Rousseau & Raymond Vaccinium oxycoccos var. ovalifolium Michx. Vaccinium oxycoccos var. vulgaris (Blytt) Blytt Vaccinium uliginosum f. depressum Nakai ex Uyeki Vaccinium uliginosum f. ellipticum Nakai ex Uyeki Vaccinium palustre Salisb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (MRY Maryland) |