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Vaccinium elliottii
Also called Highbush Blueberry, Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, American Blueberry, New Jersey Blueberry, Smallflower Blueberry, Southern Blueberry
Elliott's blueberry is a deciduous shrub native to the southeastern and south-central United States, grown for its edible berries. It thrives in moist, acidic soil and is often used for late-season fruit.
Vaccinium elliottii (Elliott's blueberry) is a species of Vaccinium in the blueberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus). It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States.
It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from southeastern Virginia south to Florida, and west to Arkansas and Texas.
Vaccinium elliottii produces a particularly large yield of somewhat sour berries. It is popular for late-season fruit.
Lowbush blueberry · Farkleberry · Northern blueberry · Sea bilberry · New Jersey blueberry · Dwarf bilberry · Highbush blueberry · Creeping blueberry · Azorean Bilberry · Darrow's blueberry · Southern mountain cranberry · Andean blueberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium elliottii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
