What is Bilberry?
{{Taxobox | name = Bilberry | image = Vaccinum myrtillus 020503.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Bilberry in flower | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Ericales]] | familia = [[Ericaceae]] | genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]'' }} '''''Vaccinium myrtillus'''''/The '''bilberry''' is the fruit of a type of [[shrub]] that grows close to the [[ground]]. It is a member of the [[genus]] ''[[Vaccinium]]''. The bilberry is native to [[Europe]], whereas the [[blueberry]] and [[huckleberry]] are native to [[North America]]. They are closely related, and members of the same genus. The bilberry is known by many names. It is also called blaeberry, whortleberry, whinberry, myrtle blueberry, fraughan, and probably other names in different places. In [[Thomas Hardy]]'s 1878 [[book]], ''[[The Return of the Native]],'' they were called black-hearts in 19th century southern [[England]]. [[File:Norwegian blueberries.jpg|thumb|left|Wild bilberries collected in [[Norway]]]] {{-}} == Other websites == *[http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.blaeberry.html Species profile: Blaeberry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810160139/http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.blaeberry.html |date=2007-08-10 }} *[http://www.stevenfoster.com/education/monograph/bilberry.html Bilberry and Herbal Medicine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531133958/http://www.stevenfoster.com/education/monograph/bilberry.html |date=2007-05-31 }} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} {{-}} {{Fruits}} [[Category:Berries]] [[Category:Shrubs]] [[Category:Vaccinium]]