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 6.

An average leaf on this plant is 4.2 cm long and 2.4 cm wide.

 

Vaccinium calycinum Smith var. calycinum

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V. dentatum Smith var. lanceolatum (A. Gray) Skottsberg

 

Hawaiian names: `ōhelo

Family: Ericaceae (the heath family)

Habit: a shrub.

Native. This hybrid combination is found in many areas in the wetter mesic and the drier wet zones in both the Wai`anae and Ko`olau Mountains of O`ahu.

 

 

All of the Vaccinium plants that I saw on March 11, 2012 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 hybrids. Photographs of the plant that looked like it could be a pure V. calycinum var. calycinum:

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www.flickr.com/photos/53193377@N02/6901280868/in/photostream

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I did not see any plants of V. dentatum var. lanceolatum 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:

www.flickr.com/photos/53193377@N02/6833084588/in/photostream

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