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Madeiran Blueberry

Vaccinium padifolium

Madeiran Blueberry
Photo: Omar hoftun, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Madeira
Climate
subtropical

About

Vaccinium padifolium, commonly known as Madeira blueberry or Uva-de-serra, is a Portuguese species of flowering plant.

Where it grows

The species is endemic to the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, Portugal. It grows mainly in crevices and exposed slopes and mountain plains. It is very common at elevations between 800 and 1,700 m (2,600 and 5,600 ft).

Other Vaccinium plants

Malea pilosa · Vaccinium adenochaetum · Lowbush blueberry · Farkleberry · Caucasian Whortleberry · Vaccinium bissei · Vaccinium boninense · Northern blueberry · Sea bilberry · New Jersey blueberry · Ohelo kau la'au · East Polynesian Blueberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium padifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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