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Vaccinium oxycoccos Vaccinium oxycoccos L. Oxycoccus hagerupii A. Löve & D. Löve Oxycoccus intermedius (A. Gray) Rydb. Oxycoccus microcarpos Turcz. ex Rupr. Oxycoccus ovalifolius (Michx.) A.E. Porsild Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) MacMill. Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) Adolphi Oxycoccus palustris Pers. Oxycoccus palustris Pers. ssp. microphyllus (Lange) A. Löve & D. Löve Oxycoccus palustris Pers. var. intermedius (A. Gray) Howell Oxycoccus palustris Pers. var. ovalifolius (Michx.) Seymour Oxycoccus quadripetalus Gilib. Oxycoccus quadripetalus Gilib. var. microphyllus (Lange) A.E. Porsild Vaccinium microcarpos (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh. Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ssp. microphyllum (Lange) J. Feilberg Vaccinium oxycoccos L. var. intermedium A. Gray Vaccinium oxycoccos L. var. microphyllum (Lange) Rouss. & Raymond Vaccinium oxycoccos L. var. ovalifolium Michx. Oxycoccus hagerupii Á. Löve & D. Löve Oxycoccus palustris Pers. ssp. microphyllus (Lange) Á. Löve & D. Löve Vaccinium oxycoccos L. var. microphyllum (Lange) J. Rousseau & Raymond Small Cranberry
The small cranberry likes acidic bogs, like its cousin the large cranberry. Identification: Small cranberries form mats of tiny shrubs only a few centimeters in height. Leaf edges are rolled under. Leaves are opposite, roughly oval (ovate), wider at the base, pointed at the tip. Flowers are dark pink, and four-petaled, with the petals bending way back to the stem (“reflexed”). Small cranberry fruits are less than ½" (1.3 cm) in diameter, while large cranberries are more than ½" (1.3 cm) in diameter. Both are deep red when ripe.
Small cranberry leaves are curved. From dic.academic.ru. This Vaccinium comparison chart also includes a couple of similar-appearing species that are not Vaccinium. Edibility: Fruit is edible, raw or cooked, although it is very tart when raw. The tartness is usually tempered with sugar. Online References:
Vaccinium oxycoccos on the Ecology of Commanster Vaccinium oxycoccos on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site Vaccinium oxycoccos on dic.academic.ru Vaccinium oxycoccos on Wikipedia Vaccinium oxycoccos on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Vaccinium oxycoccos at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Vaccinium oxycoccos at Alaskawildflowers.us Vaccinium oxycoccos on the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database Vaccinium oxycoccos on eFloras Vaccinium oxycoccos description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 2 Jan 2019.
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