Vaccinium vitis-idaea, 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

4. V. vitis-idaea L. , Sp. Pl. 351 (1753) .

Evergreen. Stems up to 30 cm but often much less, erect, arching or decumbent, arising from a creeping rhizome; twigs terete, puberulent when young. Leaves elliptical to oblong or obovate, entire, obtuse, glabrous, coriaceous, dark green above, paler and dotted with dark glands beneath; margin revolute. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, in short, crowded, terminal racemes. Bracteoles reddish. Calyx-lobes debate. Corolla 5-8 mm, campanulate, white or pink; lobes about half as long as tube. Filaments hairy; anthers without appendages. Berry 5-10 mm, globose, red, acid. 2n = 24. Moors, heaths, coniferous woods, subalpine pastures and tundra. N. & C. Europe, extending southwards in the mountains to the N. Appennini, Albania and Bulgaria. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su.