Details for: PI 555105, Vaccinium myrtillus L., V. myrtillus Colorado


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Top Name:
V. myrtillus Colorado
Origin:
Collected – Colorado, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 Aug 1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Top Name:
V. myrtillus Colorado
Origin:
Collected – Colorado, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 Aug 1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
09 August 1987.
Colorado, United States
Locality: Pitkin County, open area along Difficult Creek Trail
Coordinates: 39.1333, -106.7500 (Map it)
Elevation: 2650m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Pitkin County, open area along Difficult Creek Trail

Collector(s):
Donated
26 August 1987.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Seed collected wild by Thompson in Colorado and received at NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
V. myrtillus Colorado
Type: Site identifier

CVAC 598
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

MT 22
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

MYRTILLUS
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Fruit a bit oblate, dark red to maroon, 5-7 mm
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Myrtillus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

41040
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:349. 1753
Verified:
01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium yatabei Makino

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbilberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishblaeberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishdwarf bilberry  1Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
EnglishEuropean blueberry  1Oklahoma invasive Plant database
Englishwhinberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishwhortleberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmyrtille  2Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
GermanHeidelbeere  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Japanese Rōmajiaojiku-sunoki as Vaccinium yatabei2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium yatabei Makino
Japanese Rōmajihime-usunoki as Vaccinium yatabei2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: = Vaccinium yatabei Makino
Portuguese (Brazil)mirtilo  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)uva-do-monte  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishblåbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Collected from the wild in Colorado