General:
Shrub; stems to 4 m tall.

Leaves:
Alternate, deciduous, narrowly to broadly elliptic or egg-shaped, 4-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, entire to sharply toothed, green or slight bloom, tips often pointed, lower surfaces hairy or just so along veins.

Flowers:
In dense clusters, appearing when leaves are about half formed; corollas often pink-tinged, cylindric to broadly urn-shaped, 6-12 mm long, 4-6 mm wide; calyx lobes pointed, glabrous.

Fruits:
Berries nearly globe-shaped, 6-12 mm wide, blue to blue-black with a pale grey bloom; sweet and juicy.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
White

Blooming Period:
Early Summer

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Blue
Present over the Summer

Source:  The USDA

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) Small
Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb.
Cyanococcus cuthbertii Small
Cyanococcus virgatus (Aiton) Small
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton
Vaccinium ashei Rehder
Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray
Vaccinium corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hook.) Fern.
Vaccinium corymbosum var. amoenum (Aiton) A. Gray
Vaccinium corymbosum var. glabrum Gray
Vaccinium parviflorum A. Gray
Vaccinium virgatum var. ozarkense Ashe
Vaccinium virgatum var. speciosum Palmer

Vaccinium corymbosum is an agricultural escape in the Fraser Delta that has heavily invaded adjacent bogs. Note Author: R. Klinkenberg