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Bilberry Heath family
Vaccinium myrtillus Ericaceae

Bilberry (also known as blaeberry or whortleberry) is a low-growing shrub of moors and heathlands. It has small pink bell-shaped flowers in spring, and dark blue berries in summer. Although sweet and edible, the bilberry fruits are not generally eaten nowadays, having been superseded by the commercially-grown blueberry, to which they are related.

Bilberry flowers Bilberry berries




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