Vaccinium myrtillus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Vaccinium myrtillus']

English: whortleberry, bilberry, Common Bilberry, Blue Whortleberry, European blueberry
العربية: عنبية آسية
asturianu: Arandanera
Atikamekw: Minic
azərbaycanca: Qaragilə
تۆرکجه: قاراگی‌له
башҡортса: Ҡара көртмәле
беларуская: Чарніцы
беларуская (тарашкевіца): чарніцы
български: Черна боровинка
བོད་ཡིག: རྩི་ཤིང་རིགས་ཤིག
bosanski: Borovnica
буряад: Хара нэрhэн
català: Nabiu
čeština: brusnice borůvka
kaszëbsczi: Czôrnô bòrówka, Czôrnô jagòda
чӑвашла: Хура çырла
Cymraeg: Llus
dansk: Almindelig Blåbær
Deutsch: Heidelbeere, Blaubeere, Heidelbeere, Heidelbeere, Blaubeere, Schwarzbeere, Bickbeere
dolnoserbski: Carnica
Ελληνικά: Μύρτιλο
Esperanto: Mirtelo
español: Arándano, Mirtilo
eesti: Harilik mustikas
euskara: Ahabia
فارسی: سیاه‌گیله کبود, بلوبری اروپایی
suomi: kangasmustikka
võro: Mustik
føroyskt: Aðalbláber
français: Myrtille commune, Airelle
Gaeilge: Fraochán
galego: Arandeira
עברית: אוכמנית שחורה
hrvatski: Obična borovnica
hornjoserbsce: Holanska jahodka
magyar: Fekete áfonya
հայերեն: Հապալասի մրտենական
гӀалгӀай: Йелла
Ido: Mirtelo
íslenska: Aðalbláber
italiano: Mirtillo nero
日本語: セイヨウスノキ
한국어: 유럽블루베리, 빌베리
къарачай-малкъар: Къара шкилди
коми: Чӧд
Lëtzebuergesch: Molbier
Ladin: Dlasenes
lietuvių: Mėlynė
latviešu: Mellenes
македонски: Боровница
эрзянь: Пичечулякс
norsk bokmål: Blåbær
Nedersaksies: Blauwe bosbeze
Nederlands: Blauwe bosbes, blauwe bosbes
norsk nynorsk: Blåbærlyng
norsk: Blåbær
livvinkarjala: Must'oi
ирон: Саунæмыг
Picard: Grinbéle
polski: Borówka czarna
پښتو: اروپايي بلوبېري
português: Mirtilo eurasiano
română: Afin
русский: Черника
русиньскый: Яфина
armãneashti: Afinu
Scots: Blaeberry
davvisámegiella: Sarri
žemaitėška: Mielīnė
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Borovnica
Simple English: Bilberry
slovenčina: Brusnica čučoriedková
slovenščina: borovnica, črnica
anarâškielâ: Sare
nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll: sââʹrr
shqip: Boronica
српски / srpski: Боровница
Seeltersk: Bikbäie
svenska: Blåbär
Türkçe: yaban mersini
татарча / tatarça: караҗиләк үсемлеге
удмурт: Кудымульы
українська: Чорниця звичайна
vepsän kel’: Mustikaine
võro: Mustik
walon: Caclindjî, caclindje, frambåjhe
吴语: 黑果越橘
粵語: 歐洲藍啤梨
中文: 黑果越桔, 米饭花果, 黑果越橘
中文（中国大陆）: 黑果越橘
中文（简体）: 黑果越橘, 黑果越桔, 欧洲越橘
中文（繁體）: 歐洲越橘
粵語: 洲藍啤梨

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Cladus: asterids • Ordo: Ericales • Familia: Ericaceae • Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae • Tribus: Vaccinieae • Genus: Vaccinium • Species: Vaccinium myrtillus L. (1753)

Photos

Habitus / Plants

Fruit; Konnovo, Ardatovskiy rayon, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, Russia
typical habitus
Leaves starting to change colour in autumn
Leafless plant early in the spring
Kerava, Finland
in the autumn

Cortex / bark

Tronsen Ridge

Folia / Leaves

Flora / Flowers

Estanys de Cabdella (Pallars Jussà - Catalunya)
Tronsen Ridge
Bilberry flowers

Fructus / Fruits

Estanys de Cabdella (Pallars Jussà - Catalunya)
Estanys de Cabdella (Pallars Jussà - Catalunya)
Gothenburg
Sweden
Austria

Habitat

Lesser Fatra, Slovakia.
Germany
Germany
Slovenia
Norway
Ryssbergen, Sweden
Apennine Mountains - Italy
New Mexico, USA.

Uses

Illustrations

See also category: Vaccinium myrtillus - botanical illustrations.

Vaccinium myrtillus
Borovnica
plate 498 in:
Martin Cilenšek:
Naše škodljive rastline
Celovec (1892)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium myrtillus (both species in the picture).
Illustration from: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) Gera, Germany