Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Ericaceae
Also called Low sweet blueberry, Sugarberry, Early low-bush blueberry, Low Sweet Blueberry, Northern Lowbush Blueberry
Formerly Cyanococcus angustifolius, Cyanococcus pensylvanicus, Vaccinium brittonii, Vaccinium humile, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- VACANG, pkwiman
- Finnish
- kanadanmustikka
- Estonian
- ahtalehine mustikas
- Russian
- Голубика узколистная
- Czech
- brusnice úzkolistá
- Ojibwa
- Miin (Makate'mîn, Miinagaawanzh)
- Chinese
- 矮叢藍莓, 狭叶越橘, 矮丛蓝莓
- Chinese (China)
- 矮丛蓝莓
- Swedish
- kanadensiskt blåbär
- French
- bleuet à feuilles étroites, bleuet feuilles troites
- Portuguese
- Mirtilo-selvagem, Blueberry-selvagem
- Dutch
- Lage Amerikaanse bosbes
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Vaccinium angustifolium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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