Bog blueberry

Description

Vaccinium uliginosum (bog bilberry, bog blueberry, northern bilberry or western blueberry) is a Eurasian and North American flowering plant in the genus Vaccinium within the heath family.Vaccinium uliginosum is a small deciduous shrub growing to 10�75 cm (4�30 in) tall, rarely 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, with brown stems (unlike the green stems of the closely related bilberry). The leaves are oval, 4�30 mm (0.16�1.18 in) long and 2�15 mm (0.08�0.59 in) wide, blue-green with pale net-like veins, with a smooth margin and rounded apex.