Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (crowpert) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath faimily that bears edible fruit, native tae boreal forest an Arctic tundra throuoot the Northren Hemisphere frae Eurasie tae North Americae. Thay are picked in the wild an uised tae accompany a variety o dishes in Northren Baltoscandia.^[2] Commercial cultivation is unnertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwast.^[3]

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. vitis-idaea in reindeer lichen
Conservation status
Secur  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Faimily:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. vitis-idaea
Binomial name
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. 1753
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Myrtillus exigua Bubani Rhodococcum vitis-idaea Avrorin Vaccinium jesoense Miq. Vitis-idaea punctata Moench Vitis-idaea punctifolia Gray Rhodococcum minus (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) Avrorin Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. Vitis-idaea punctata var. minor (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) Moldenke

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