Empetrum atropurpureum Fernald & Wiegand

En: purple crowberry
Fr: camarine noire-pourprée, camarine atropourpre
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Boreal eNA, mainly Gulf of St. Lawrence area; w/ne/eNfld., N to seLab.

[=Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand subsp. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) D.Löve]
[=Empetrum nigrum L. forma purpureum (Raf.) Fernald]
[=Empetrum nigrum L. var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) B.Boivin]
[=Empetrum nigrum L. var. purpureum (Raf.) A.DC.]
[=Empetrum purpureum Raf.]
[=Empetrum rubrum Vahl ex Willd. var. atropurpureum (Fernald & Wiegand) R.D.Good]

[Empetrum atropurpureum is known in Nfld. from exposed coastal Empetrum heaths (Bouchard et al. 1991). Some Labrador reports of Empetrum atropurpureum probably refer to the Cote-Nord, seQuébec. Verified Labrador reports include lac Brûlé, seLab. (P. Morisset, pers. comm. 1995).]

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