Creeping blueberry
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Vaccinium crassifolium
A plant at the US Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Vaccinium Species: V. crassifolium
Binomial name
Vaccinium crassifolium Andr.

Creeping blueberry (Vaccinium crassifolium) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States. It is evergreen with shiny dark green to bronze leaves. Several cultivars are available for planting as a ground cover in landscaping.^[1]

Medicinal Usage

The leaves have medicinal properties similar to Bearberry (Uva-ursi).^[2]

References

Creeping Blueberry, USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, consulted 2006-12-18). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Kirkman, W. B. & J. R. Ballington. 1990. Creeping blueberries (Ericaceae: Vaccinium sect. Herpothamnus) - a new look at Vaccinium crassifolium including V. sempervirens. Syst. Bot. 15:693.

1. ^ MacKenzie, David, S.. Perennial Ground Covers, 309. ISBN 0-88192-557-8. 
2. ^ 416. VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM, A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M., 1917.

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