Details for: PI 555198, Vaccinium pallidum Aiton, Upland Low Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium pallidum Aiton

Top Name:

Upland Low Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 1986

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium pallidum Aiton

Top Name:

Upland Low Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry

Origin:

Collected – North Carolina, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 1986

Improvement Status:

Breeding material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

12 August 1986.

Locality: Balsam Mtn. Road off Blue Ridge Pkwy, roadsides w/ W aspect
Coordinates: 35.4167, -83.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 1730m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Balsam Mtn. Road off Blue Ridge Pkwy, roadsides w/ W aspect

Collector(s):

Developed

North Carolina, United States

Developer(s):

Ballington, James R., North Carolina State University

Donated

15 September 1986.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Collected from the wild by Ballington et al and received at NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Ballington, James R., North Carolina State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

Upland Low Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry

Type: Local name

V. pallidum NC 86-35-5

Type: Collector identifier

Ballington, James R. North Carolina State University

CVAC 538

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

NC 86-35-5

Type: Site identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

SPECIES

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative

One clone, stoloniferous, stems to 0.3m

Vaccinium pallidum Aiton

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Cyanococcus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41049

Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:10. 1789

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4864427

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium altomontanum Ashe
Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Blue Ridge blueberry	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	blueberry	1	American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
English	dryland blueberry	1	Ballington, J. R. 2009. The role of interspecific hybridization in blueberry improvement. Acta Hort. 810:49-60.
English	hillside blueberry	1	Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Vaccinium. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:141.
English	hillside lowbush blueberry	1	Uttal, L. J. 1987. The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia. Castanea 52:242.
English	late lowbush blueberry	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	bergsblåbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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