Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Species of shrub with edible fruit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Lingonberry" redirects here. Not to be confused with Loganberry.
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, the lingonberry, partridgeberry,[lower-alpha 1] mountain cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, that bears edible fruit. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from Europe and Asia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany various dishes, primarily in the Nordic countries.[4] Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest[5] and in the Netherlands.[6]
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Lingonberry | |
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. vitis-idaea surrounded by reindeer lichen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Vaccinium |
Species: | V. vitis-idaea |
Binomial name | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. 1753 | |
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