Vaccinium microcarpum
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Growing form
Dwarf-shrub.
Size
10–30 cm long.
Stem
The stem is filamentous, procumbent and creeping on the ground surface.
Leaf
The leaves are evergreen and arranged spirally along the stem. The lamina is (3–8 mm x 1–2.5 mm) simple, deltoid-ovate, green and lustrous above, nearly white beneath, and the margin is revolute.
Flower
The flowers are bisexual and solitary at the summits of branches. The pedicel is glabrous. The corolla is four-lobed, rotate and red. The corolla lobes are long and retrorse.
Fruit and seed
The fruit is a spherical, dark red berry (5–8 mm).
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Vaccinium microcarpum
Author
(Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh.
Vernacular names
- pikkukarpalo (Finnish)
- dvärgtranbär (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38619
Taxon rank
MX.species
Occurrence in Finland
MX.occurrenceInFinlandCollected
Status in Finland
- MX.typeOfOccurrenceSpontaneousOldResident
Regulatory Status
MX.finnishEnvironmentInstitute2020conservationProjectVascularSpecies MX.cropWildRelative
Finnish Regional Red List Category
- 2019 MX.iucnLC
- 2010 MX.iucnLC
Expert
- Mikko Piirainen
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
- Berry plants
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