Vaccinium myrtillus
| Vaccinium myrtillus | |
|---|---|
| By Amédée Masclef, published in Atlas des plantes de France, 1891 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Subgenus: | Vaccinium subg. Vaccinium |
| Section: | Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus |
| Species: | V. myrtillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium myrtillus L. 1753 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Vaccinium myrtillus or European blueberry 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.