Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

Montana: Flathead County: [locality and coordinates withheld; status in Montana: S2 (Imperiled; MTNHP)],
Slope/Expo: Level to gently rolling. Open lodgepole pine-paper birch forest. Asso. sp: Shepherdia canadensis, Pachistima myrsinites, Calamagrostis rubescens; Occur: Locally common, 4 patches within an acre area, otherwise unobserved. Habit: Fruticose. Ht: 6-12 (16) in., 1-3 yr-old stems red and verrucose; floral buds (1-3) distally borne on 2nd-yr wood, determinate branching pattern. Fruit: Glaucous blue berry, pedicle articulate. Phenology: Vegetative.

Beth L. Hodder-Koss 1, March 26, 1996
MONTU, Accession: 142047, Catalog: 1179