Ericaceae

Purple crowberry

Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Empetrum

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Empetrum eamesiiEricaceae

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Purple crowberry
Korean: 자주시로미

Synonyms

Empetrum nigrum var. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Bovin
Empetrum rubrum subsp. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) R.D.Good
Empetrum rubrum var. eamesii (Fernald & Wiegand) Cronquist

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.