The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

BILBERRY

The bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), also known as the Whortleberry and the Blaeberry, is a small deciduous shrub of the family Vacciniaceae. It is found on copses and on heaths where it grows to about 60 centimetres tall and bears oval leaves with serrated edges and solitary, drooping, globular, flesh-coloured flowers and dark-blue berries.
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