Vaccinium corymbosum

Blueberries from my bowl of fruit this morning. There are, of course, the occasional stems (“peduncles”?) attached, but I don’t recall ever getting leaves as well. So this is the post for today, leading me down a bit of a rabbit hole on “blueberries” more scientifically and botanical terminology. Photographed in a foldio1 photo box by ORANGEMONKIE.

» The genus Vaccinium has more than 900 species…
» The common grocery store item is probably Vaccinium corymbosum
» Genus also contains Vaccinium macrocarpon, better known as cranberry
» Blueberries and cranberries are “berries” … but raspberries are not berries
» Species pages for Vaccinium corymbosum: [ PhytoImages at siu.edu ] [ Missouri Botanical Garden ]

Looking back
1 year ago: “‘Some assembly required’ [Filler]”
2 years ago: “The advantage of an early departure [Travel day]”
3 years ago: “Not the visit we planned…”
4 years ago: “South Mountain Park”
5 years ago: “Old Glove Factory”
6 years ago: “Tah dah!”
7 years ago: “Zig-zagging trunk”
8 years ago: “Cubism”
9 years ago: “Tall oaks from little acorns grow”
10 years ago: “Maple ‘chest-on-chest’, 1952”
11 years ago: “Easiest photo ever!”

[ IMG_3029S108x72B+30C+15tm :: 60mm :: foldio ]