| Vaccinium oldhamii, a
deciduous shrub found in forests in hilly districts, grows to 1-3m
in height, and trunks are single or bushy, branches spreading
sideways. Leaves are alternate, blades being 3-8cm in length, 2-4cm
in width, in the shape of an oblong or broadly ovate, both ends
pointed, margins entire. Leaf margins have coarse hairs on tips of
which there exist glands. More hairs are on veins. Branch tops
emerge racemes horizontally in which many light yellow-green flowers
bloom facing downward. Corollas, 4-5mm in length, bell-shaped, cleft
shallowly in five, the lobes bend somewhat backward. Sap fruit
matures black in August-October. Bloom time: May-June. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
