| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 2: 11 (1789) |
| Native Range | Manitoba to e. Canada and nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Altitude | 0-1900m |
| Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate, 7-20mm long, serrulate, glabrous, bright green, flowers in axillary capitate raceme, corolla broadly urceolate, 5-6mm long, berry blue-black |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 | Cyanococcus angustifolius (Aiton) Rydb. Cyanococcus angustifolius var. laevifolius (House) Moldenke Cyanococcus pensylvanicus Rydb. Vaccinium angustifolium f. chiococcum (W.Deane) B.Boivin Vaccinium angustifolium var. glaucescens Benth. Vaccinium angustifolium var. hypolasium Fernald Vaccinium angustifolium var. integrifolium Lepage Vaccinium angustifolium var. laevifolium House Vaccinium angustifolium f. leucocarpum (W.Deane) Rehder Vaccinium angustifolium f. nigrum (Alph.Wood) B.Boivin Vaccinium angustifolium var. nigrum (Alph.Wood) B.Boivin Vaccinium brittonii Porter ex E.P.Bicknell Vaccinium canadense f. chiococcum W.Deane Vaccinium humile Willd. Vaccinium lamarckii Camp Vaccinium minutiflorum S.Watson Vaccinium multiflorum Dunal Vaccinium myrtilloides var. angustifolium (Aiton) Dunal Vaccinium myrtilloides f. chiococcum (W.Deane) Fernald Vaccinium nigrum (Alph.Wood) Britton Vaccinium pensylvanicum Lam. Vaccinium pensylvanicum f. leucocarpum W.Deane Vaccinium pensylvanicum var. nigrum Alph.Wood Vaccinium ramulosum Willd. Vaccinium salicinum Asch. Vaccinium tenellum Pursh |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, 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) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |