Index / Search / Vaccinium virgatum
§1 Plant
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
vernacular smallflower blueberry — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vaccinium
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 171 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 171 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- Union 05139
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Mary 22101
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VAVI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882895 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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