Common name:
Bog cranberry
Family:
Scientific name:
Vaccinium oxycoccos
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales, northern England and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 12 cm
Habitat:
Peat bogs
Flowers:
Four pink-purple petals, reflexed and/or rolled under, and a projecting column of fused stamens. Attached by hairy stalks, up to 3 cm long. Flowers are single or paired
Fruit:
Spherical berries around 8 mm in diameter, pinkish to bright red
Leaves:
Alternate, hairless, ovate, evergreen, bright green above and greyish below; up to 10 mm long, with a light-coloured midvein and inrolled edges
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
