Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
39. Vaccinium fragile Franchet; J. Bot. (Morot). 9: 366. 1895.
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Shrubs dwarf; evergreen; 20–50(–100) cm tall. Stem base a burl. Twigs angled; sparsely or densely glandular setose and pubescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves rather dense; petiole 1–1.5 mm; leaf blade oblong or elliptic; 1.2–4.5 x 0.7–2.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces setose and pubescent; or sparsely shortly hispid; or subglabrous; secondary veins 2–5 pairs; inconspicuous; base rounded or cuneate; margin plane; serrulate; apex acute; acuminate; or obtuse. Inflorescences racemose; 1.5–6 cm; glandular setose and pubescent; many flowered; bracts usually reddish; leaflike; 4–9 mm; both surfaces strigose; margin denticulate or setose. Pedicel 1–2 mm; hairy. Hypanthium green; tinged with dark red; ca. 1.2 mm; hairy or not; calyx lobes 1–1.2 mm. Corolla white; tinged with pink; with 5 red veins; urceolate; 5–6 mm; glabrous or pubescent; lobes 0.6–1 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; pubescent; anthers ca. 3 mm; with 2 erect spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; red; turning dark purple; 4–5 mm in diam.; hairy or not.
Pinus and Quercus forests; thickets; open grassy slopes; 1100–3400 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ericaceae | Vaccinium
39. Vaccinium fragile Franchet; J. Bot. (Morot). 9: 366. 1895.
??? wu ya guo
Shrubs dwarf; evergreen; 20–50(–100) cm tall. Stem base a burl. Twigs angled; sparsely or densely glandular setose and pubescent; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves rather dense; petiole 1–1.5 mm; leaf blade oblong or elliptic; 1.2–4.5 x 0.7–2.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces setose and pubescent; or sparsely shortly hispid; or subglabrous; secondary veins 2–5 pairs; inconspicuous; base rounded or cuneate; margin plane; serrulate; apex acute; acuminate; or obtuse. Inflorescences racemose; 1.5–6 cm; glandular setose and pubescent; many flowered; bracts usually reddish; leaflike; 4–9 mm; both surfaces strigose; margin denticulate or setose. Pedicel 1–2 mm; hairy. Hypanthium green; tinged with dark red; ca. 1.2 mm; hairy or not; calyx lobes 1–1.2 mm. Corolla white; tinged with pink; with 5 red veins; urceolate; 5–6 mm; glabrous or pubescent; lobes 0.6–1 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; pubescent; anthers ca. 3 mm; with 2 erect spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed; red; turning dark purple; 4–5 mm in diam.; hairy or not.
Pinus and Quercus forests; thickets; open grassy slopes; 1100–3400 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; SE Xizang; Yunnan.