Vaccinium microcarpum(Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh.

WFO wfo-0000510573 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by F Quiec
fig. a F Quiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-12 / obs. 199921382
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. b Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144916542
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. c Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120232819
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93996169
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. e Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89086231
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Michael D. Pirie
fig. f Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83151681
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. g Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85771936
Vaccinium microcarpum, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. h Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79966868

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Native range 46 botanical countries

Regions where Vaccinium microcarpum is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Northwest Territories AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyHungaryIcelandItalyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaNorthwest Territories
Native distribution of Vaccinium microcarpum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Iceland ICE
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Northwest Territories NWT

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Great Britain, Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Oxycoccus microcarpus Turcz. ex Rupr.
  • Oxycoccus microcarpus f. bulboidaeus Lekav. & Butkus
  • Oxycoccus microcarpus f. elongatus Lekav. & Butkus
  • Oxycoccus microcarpus var. kirigaminensis Honda & Tobita
  • Oxycoccus palustris var. pusillus Dunal
  • Oxycoccus pusillus (Dunal) Nakai
  • Oxycoccus quadripetalus subsp. microcarpus (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schinz & R.Keller
  • Vaccinium oxycoccos subsp. microcarpum A.Blytt
  • Vaccinium oxycoccus subsp. microcarpum (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Kitam.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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