Vaccinium erythrocarpum

Vaccinium erythrocarpum
1913 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. erythrocarpum
Binomial name
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. 1803
Synonyms
Synonymy all are synonyms of subspecies japonicum Vaccinium japonicum Miq. Hugeria japonica (Miq.) Nakai Oxycoccoides japonica (Miq.) Nakai Oxycoccus japonicus (Miq.) Makino Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. fauriei Sleumer Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. ciliare Matsumura Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. sinicum (Nakai) Rehder Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. lasiostemon Hayata

Vaccinium erythrocarpum – also commonly known as mountain blueberry,southern mountain cranberry, bearberry, arando, and dingleberry, is a species of cranberry.

Vaccinium erythrocarpum has an oddly discontinuous distribution, with one subspecies in the southeastern United States, the other in east Asia.

Vaccinium erythrocarpum is a deciduous shrub. Its flowers bloom in June; the individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade.

...
Wikipedia