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V. pallidum, Hillside Lowbush, Dryland Blueberry
Twigs:
Pale green, glaucous or yellowish, sometimes red-tinged in sun, glabrous to pubescent. Verrucose.
Leafbuds:
Pink-tan to dark brown (fuscous) with short aristae 0.3-1 mm.
Leaves:
Yellow-green to pale green to blue green-upper. Paler green to glaucous-lower - sometimes with two sessile glands on the midrib. Dull. Most often glabrous. Margin entire, subserrate or glandular-serrate (all variations may occur on the same plant).
Corolla:
Cylindric to urceolate-campanulate, 4-8 mm. Greenish-white to white, more often pale to brick-red tinged. Precocious; late March to early May.
Berries:
Glaucous blue to ink-blue to black.
Bland to Sweet (July-August).
Height:
To 1 meter; colonial.
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Your sponsorship will enable us to survey and develop a program for the conservation of native populations of this species. Blueberries are native plants which provide quite high value pollinator support, especially for Bumblebees early in the season. The preservation of this genus is critical to the conservation of Biodiversity and the reversal of the process of extinction.
