Ericaceae

Purple crowberry

Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Empetrum

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Purple crowberry (Empetrum atropurpureum) — FruitPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Purple crowberry

Synonyms

Empetrum eamesii subsp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D.Löve
Empetrum nigrum var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Bovin

Photos

FruitPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Cam Fox, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brandon McCracken, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.