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Bilberries
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Bilberries

Myrtillus

16 branches of this group, most-observed first

common bilberry

speciesVaccinium myrtillus

Red Huckleberry

speciesVaccinium parvifolium

Oval-leaf Blueberry

speciesVaccinium ovalifolium

thinleaf huckleberry

speciesVaccinium membranaceum

Grouse Whortleberry

speciesVaccinium scoparium

dwarf bilberry

speciesVaccinium cespitosum

'ohelo 'ai

speciesVaccinium reticulatum

Blue-leaved huckleberry

speciesVaccinium deliciosum

Alaska Blueberry

speciesVaccinium alaskaense

ʻōhelo kau lāʻau

speciesVaccinium calycinum

Vaccinium dentatum

speciesVaccinium dentatum

Shasta Huckleberry

speciesVaccinium shastense

Vaccinium geminiflorum

speciesVaccinium geminiflorum

Vaccinium cereum

speciesVaccinium cereum

Vaccinium yatabei

speciesVaccinium yatabei

Vaccinium × nubigenum

hybridVaccinium × nubigenum

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Bilberries in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1047

Bilberries in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.407

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1560087.