Common names:
Common bilberry, whortleberry
Family:
Scientific name:
Vaccinium myrtillus
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles except central and east England
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Heaths and woodland, on acidic soils
Flowers:
Pendent, urn-shaped, slightly constricted towards the tip, opening to five small lobes. Coloured greenish pink to pale red, and attached by short stalks. Flowers are produced singly or in pairs, from the leaf nodes
Fruit:
Edible black berries
Leaves:
Ovate, hairless, light green, quite thick, with small, rounded edge teeth and a crinkled surface texture. On twigs which are four-angled in cross-section
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
