Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Vaccinium praestans Lamb. |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 264 (1811) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 100-2000m |
Description | leaves alternate, obovate, orbiculate, with small spine, denticulate, flowers solitary, campanulate, berry bright red |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | reddish, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |