Smallflower Blueberry

Vaccinium virgatum Aiton - Heath family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 15.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink, Green

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Smallflower Blueberry: Abagrotis trigona, Acronicta funeralis, Archips rosanus, Aseptis binotata, Biston betularia, Campaea perlata, Euchlaena johnsonaria, Eulithis xylina, Eupithecia subapicata, Eupithecia subcolorata, Eustroma semiatrata, Hesperumia latipennis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Iridopsis emasculata, Lacanobia lutra, Lithophane baileyi, Neoalcis californiaria, Oligia illocata, Pero mizon, Phlogophora periculosa, Platypolia contadina, Probole amicaria, Synaxis jubararia, Xestia mustelina

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.