Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus

Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• myrtille TelaBotanica

• myrtle whortleberry ITIS, 2010
• dwarf bilberry Klinkenberg, 2010+
• dwarf whortleberry Cook & Sundberg, 2011
• low bilberry Klinkenberg, 2010+
• myrtle blueberry ITIS, 2010
• whortleberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Synonyms

• Vaccinium myrtillus subsp. oreophilum (Rydberg) Á. Löve & D. Löve & B.M. Kapoor FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum (Rydberg) Dorn FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium oreophilum Rydberg 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	Vaccinioideae
Tribe	Vaccinieae
Genus	Vaccinium
Section	Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
Species	Vaccinium myrtillus

Habit

Shrub