Vaccinium pallidumAiton

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WFO wfo-0001047104 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. a Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-25 / obs. 191161656
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. b Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189127724
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Clay Gibbons
fig. c Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188998008
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. d Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188620266
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Dax Ledesma
fig. e Dax Ledesma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162954802
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. f Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155281950
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. g Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155281664
Vaccinium pallidum, photographed by John Ambler
fig. h John Ambler, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176324595

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Vaccinium pallidum is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin AlabamaArkansasConnecticutGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMississippiMissouriNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaOntarioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsin DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Vaccinium pallidum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Maine MAI
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

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 16 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.

  • Cyanococcus liparus Small
  • Cyanococcus pallidus (Aiton) Small
  • Cyanococcus subcordatus Small
  • Cyanococcus tallapusae Coville ex Small
  • Cyanococcus vacillans (Kalm) Rydb.
  • Vaccinium altomontanum Ashe
  • Vaccinium corymbosum var. pallidum (Aiton) A.Gray
  • Vaccinium liparum (Small) Uphof
  • Vaccinium missouriense (Ashe) Ashe
  • Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Torr.
  • Vaccinium subcordatum (Small) Uphof
  • Vaccinium tallapusae (Coville ex Small) Uphof
  • Vaccinium torreyanum Camp
  • Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr.
  • Vaccinium vacillans var. vacillans
  • Vaccinium viride Ashe

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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