Vaccinium calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum (O`ahu type). O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, the ridge system between Waikāne and Waike`eke`e Valleys. Plant 1.

An average leaf on this plant is 3.4 cm long and 1.8 cm wide.

 

Vaccinium calycinum Smith var. calycinum

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V. dentatum Smith var. lanceolatum (A. Gray) Skottsberg (O`ahu type)

 

Hawaiian names: `ōhelo

Family: Ericaceae (the heath family)

Native.

 

All of the Vaccinium plants that I saw on this ridge system were seen along a short section of a ridge crest. It appeared that there were at least 10 or 15 separate clones of Vaccinium there. Only one of the clones looked like it could pass for a non-hybrid plant of V. calycinum var. calycinum. All of the rest looked like V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum (O`ahu type) hybrids. Photographs of the plant that looked like it could be a pure V. calycinum var. calycinum:

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I did not see any plants of V. dentatum var. lanceolatum (O`ahu type) on this ridge system, but the taxon does occur in the general area, for instance this patch of plants on the ridge between Waikāne and Kahana Valleys:

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