Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (also called lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry) is a small evergreen shrub from the heather family that makes edible fruits.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Conservation status
Conservation status: Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. vitis-idaea
Binomial name
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

Vaccinium Vitis-idaea Media

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  Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus

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  Lingonberry jam on toast

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  Lingonberry jam with mustamakkara, a traditional food in Tampere, Finland

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  Swedish meatballs served with a side of lingonberry jam

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  Lingonberry, , close to Gletschertafel, Lötschental, Switzerland

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  Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Empetrum nigrum in Denali National Park

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