One of our most common small shrubs. Like other blueberries, the leaves are undistinguished - alternate, simple, and untoothed. This is a variable species and a number of varieties have been named.

Orange Co., NC 7/7/2003.

The white flowers, produced in May, are campanulate (bell-shaped), more open than those of other blueberries.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Durham Co., NC 5/2/03.

The fruits are green when ripe, not black or blue, and suitable only for deer to eat.

Orange Co., NC 7/7/2003.

Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06.

Deerberry in the southern Appalachian Mountains it quite different, with very hairy leaves and stems. It isn't clear which variety this belongs to.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Clay Co., NC 5/13/06.

Emerging flowers.

Clay Co., NC 5/13/06.

Bark detail.

Clay Co., NC 5/13/06.