Ericaceae
Whortleberry
Vaccinium myrtillus
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (83)
- Albanian
- Boronica
- Arabic
- عنبية آسية, عنب الدب
- Armenian
- Հապալասի մրտենական
- Asturian
- Arandanera
- atj
- Minic
- azb
- قاراگیله
- ba
- Ҡара көртмәле
- Basque
- Ahabia
- Belarusian
- Чарніцы, Vaccínium myrtíllus
- bo
- རྩི་ཤིང་རིགས་ཤིག
- Bosnian
- Borovnica
- bua
- Хара нэрhэн
- Bulgarian
- Черна боровинка
- Cantonese
- 歐洲藍啤梨
- Catalan
- Nabiu
- Chinese
- 黑果越橘, 米饭花果, 黑果越桔, 欧洲蓝莓
- Croatian
- Borovnica
- csb
- Czôrnô jagòda
- cv
- Хура çырла
- Czech
- Brusnice borůvka
- Danish
- Almindelig blåbær
- dsb
- Carnica
- Dutch
- Blauwe bosbes
- English
- Whortleberry, Bilberry, Blaeberry, Blue whortleberry, Common bilberry, European blueberry, Fraughan, Huckleberry
- Esperanto
- Mirtelo
- Estonian
- Harilik mustikas
- Faroese
- Bláber
- Finnish
- Mustikka, Kangasmustikka
- French
- Myrtille, Myrtille commune, Bleuet
- Galician
- Arandeira
- German
- Heidelbeere, Blaubeere, Heidelbeere, Blaubeere
- Greek
- Μύρτιλο
- Hebrew
- אוכמנית שחורה
- hsb
- Holanska jahodka
- Hungarian
- Fekete áfonya
- Icelandic
- Aðalbláber
- inh
- Йелла
- io
- Mirtelo
- Irish
- Fraochán
- Italian
- Mirtillo nero
- Japanese
- セイヨウスノキ
- Korean
- 유럽블루베리
- krc
- Къара шкилди
- kv
- Чӧд
- Latvian
- Mellenes
- Lithuanian
- Mėlynė
- lld
- Dlasenes
- Luxembourgish
- Molbier
- myv
- Пичечулякс
- nds
- Blauwe bosbeze
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blåbær, Blåbærlyng, Skogsblåbær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blåbær
- olo
- Must'oi
- os
- Саунæмыг
- Pashto
- اروپايي بلوبېري
- pcd
- Grinbéle
- Persian
- واکسینیوم میرتیلوس
- Polish
- Borówka czarna, Czarna jagoda
- Romanian
- Afin
- rue
- Яфина
- rup
- Afinu
- Russian
- Черника, Ганабобель, Гонобобель, Черника миртолистная, Черника обыкновенная
- sco
- Blaeberry
- se
- Sarri
- Serbian
- Боровница
- Serbian (Latin)
- Borovnica
- sgs
- Mielīnė
- Slovak
- Čučoriedka obyčajná
- Slovenian
- Borovnica, Črnica
- smn
- Sare
- sms
- Sââʹrr
- Spanish
- Arándano, Arandano
- stq
- Bikbäie
- Swedish
- Blåbär
- Tatar
- Караҗиләк үсемлеге
- Turkish
- Yaban mersini
- udm
- Кудымульы
- Ukrainian
- Чорниця
- vep
- Mustikaine
- vro
- Mustik
- Walloon
- Caclindjî
- Welsh
- Llus
- wuu
- 黑果越橘
Synonyms
- Myrtillus niger Gilib.
- Myrtillus nigra Lindstr.
- Myrtillus sylvaticus Drejer
- Myrtillus uliginosus var. microphylla (Lange) Simmons
- Vaccinium angulosum Dulac
- Vaccinium myrtillum St.-Lag.
- Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum (Rydb.) Dorn
- Vaccinium oreophilum Rydb.
- Vitis-idaea myrtillus (L.) L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Vaccinium
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- LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaeaEricaceae
- Bog bilberryVaccinium uliginosumEricaceae
- Small cranberryVaccinium oxycoccosEricaceae
- American cranberryVaccinium macrocarponEricaceae
- Small cranberryVaccinium microcarpumEricaceae
- Vaccinium arctostaphylosEricaceae
- Early low-bush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumEricaceae
- Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifoliumEricaceae
- FarkleberryVaccinium arboreumEricaceae
- Red huckleberryVaccinium parvifoliumEricaceae
- Sea bilberryVaccinium bracteatumEricaceae
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.