Vaccinium uliginosum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 13

5. V. uliginosum L. , Sp. Pl. 350 (1753) .

Deciduous. Stems up to 75(-100) cm, erect, freely branched, arising from a creeping rhizome; twigs terete, usually glabrous, brownish. Leaves 6-25(-35) x 4-12(-20) mm, obovate, entire, obtuse to subacute, glabrous, glaucous; margin slightly revolute. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, in racemes of 1-3 which terminate short branches bearing only scale-leaves. Bracteoles absent. Calyx-lobes rounded, scarious, reddish. Corolla 4-6 mm, urceolate, white, usually tinged with pink; lobes short, revolute. Filaments glabrous; anthers with small, subulate appendages. Style included. Berry 7-10 mm, globose to ellipsoid, bluish-black, sweetish. Moors, heaths, coniferous woods, subalpine pastures and tundra. N. & C. Europe, extending southwards in the mountains to the Sierra Nevada, N. Appennini, Albania and Bulgaria. AlAuBeBrBuCzDaFaFeGaGeHeHoHsIsItJuNoPo Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Sb Su.