name: Lowbush Blueberry

flavor_db_name_variants: lowbush blueberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Lowbush blueberry

id: 189

name_scientific: Vaccinium angustifolium

description: Vaccinium angustifolium, commonly known as the Lowbush Blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States, growing as far south as West Virginia and west to the Great Lakes region, Minnesota and Manitoba. Vaccinium angustifolium is a low spreading deciduous shrub growing to 60 cm tall, though usually 35 cm tall or less. The leaves are glossy blue-green in summer, turning purple in the fall. The leaf shape is broad to elliptical. Buds are brownish red in stem axils. The flowers are white, bell-shaped, 5 mm long. The fruit is a small sweet dark blue to black berry.

itis_id: 23579

wikipedia_id: Lowbush_blueberry

picture_file_name: 189.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 134931

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:35:40.000Z

legacy_id: 201

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:25.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 472369

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00189