Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand

Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• camarine noire-pourprée Marie-Victorin, 1995
• camarine atropourpre Louis-Marie, 1953
• camarine pourpre Meades et al., 2000

• purple crowberry Meades et al., 2000

Synonyms

• Empetrum eamesii subsp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D. Löve FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Empetrum nigrum var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) B. Boivin FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Empetrum nigrum var. purpureum (Rafinesque) A. de Candolle
• Empetrum rubrum var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) R.D. Good FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Ericoideae
Tribe	Empetreae
Genus	Empetrum
Species	Empetrum atropurpureum

Habit

Shrub