Vaccinium sikkimense
Common name:
Sikkim Blueberry
Pronunciation:
vak-SIN-ee-um sik-KIM-en-see
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Evergreen shrub, 1-2 ft (30-60 cm) tall, multistemmed. Twigs angled. Leaves oblong or obovate, 2-5 × 1-3 cm, leathery, base wedge-shaped, margin plane, with glandular teeth, tip rounded, mucronulate. Flowers pinkish, with red limbs, about 6 mm, in 6-flowered clusters. Fruit dark blue, 5-9 mm in diameter.
- Sun to part shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone ?
- sikkimense: of Sikkim, eastern Himalayan region between Nepal and Bhutan.
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