Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium darrowii
bilberry, dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, low bilberry, low blueberry, myrtle blueberry, whortleberry
Darrow's blueberry, Darrow's evergreen blueberry, southern highbush blueberry
blades bright green, broadly elliptic or ovate, 19–27 × 7–11 mm, margins sharply serrate, surfaces laxly glandular abaxially.
persistent for 1+ years;
blade usually pale green abaxially, dark green adaxially, elliptic, 7–11 × 3–5 mm, coriaceous, margins entire, (often inrolled), surfaces usually glabrous abaxially (rarely minutely hairy along midvein).
calyx green, lobes ± recurved (or absent and margins of tube sinuate), deltate, 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous;
corolla pink, cream, or greenish white, globose, 3–5 × 5–7 mm, thin, glaucous;
filaments glabrous.
calyx greenish, glabrous;
corolla white tinged with pink or red, ± urceolate, 4–6 mm;
filaments ciliate.
purple-black or bluish black, rarely reddish or red, 7–9 mm diam.
blue, glaucous, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous.
ca. 1 mm.
10–20, ca. 1 mm.
= 24, 48.
= 24.
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium darrowii
Vaccinium myrtillus fruits are popular in Europe and are known to possess antioxidants and other compounds beneficial to vascular health. Berries in Europe are extensively harvested from wild stands. In North America, the fruits were used by the Kootenai, Carrier, Shuswap, and other native tribes. The small plant and fruit sizes create challenges for commercialization in North America.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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