Photo: Empetrum hermaphroditum 1.
Botanical name:
Plant in berry. Kaunispää, Saariselkä, Finland. Wild. 2007-08-10.
Plant in berry. Kaunispää, Saariselkä, Finland. Wild. 2007-08-10.
Stand in fruit, arctic hilltop (530 m) growth habit. Levi, Finland. Wild. 1997-08-01.
Empetrum hermaphroditum Hagerup.
Engl.: crowberry, black crowberry.
Deu.: Zwittrige Krähenbeere.
Sven.: nordkråkbär, fjällkråkris, kråkbär, nordligt kråkris.
Suom.: pohjanvariksenmarja, variksenmarja.
Bot. syn.: Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) Böcher.
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