Vaccinium myrtillus
Also known as whort, hurt, European blueberry, common bilberry, urts, wimberry, hurtleberry, huckleberry
species of plant
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Vaccinium myrtillus, commonly known as bilberry or blueberry, is a small shrub that produces dark blue edible berries. These berries have been used traditionally in food and medicine across Europe and are valued for their nutritional properties.
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Species
Vaccinium myrtillus
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyEricaceae
Native toAlbania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
Common Name: whortleberries
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
824 papers- Vaccinium uliginosum and Vaccinium myrtillus-Two Species-One Used as a Functional Food.ReviewNutrients · 2023Kopystecka A, Kozioł I, Radomska D et al.
Article
Vaccinium myrtillus is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish it from other Vaccinium relatives.
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