PLANT PROFILE

Vaccinium pallidum
late low bush blueberry


Vaccinium pallidum
Britton & Brown
Botanical name: Vaccinium pallidum
Common name: late low bush blueberry
Group: dicot
Family: Ericaceae
Growth type: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: native
Plant height: 6 - 36"
Foliage: alternate leaves, simple, finely toothed, elliptic, leaves much paler on the undersides, glands on the underside
Flower: 1/4" greenish- pink, bell-shaped, solitary or in small clusters
Flowering time: March to May, with sweet edible bluish black fruit in mid- to late- summer
Habitat: dry open acidic soils
Range in New Jersey: statewide
Heritage ranking, if any: n/a
Distribution:
Misc.: Most cultivated blueberries are hybridized from this plant. For more information on the cultivation of blueberries, visit Whitesbog.org, where blueberries were first cultivated. Whitesbog Village is located in Ocean County, NJ.