Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ericaceae/Éricacées - Heath Family
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.
En: partridgeberry; redberry (Labrador), mountain cranberry (mainland Canada), lingonberry (Scandinavia), foxberry, cowberry
Fr: airelle rouge, airelle de montagne, berri (SPM)
IA: uishatshimin(an)akashi, uishatshimin(an) (the fruit)
IU: kimminatsait (flowers), kimminaKutik (plant), kimminak (berry)
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Arctic-alpine circumpolar; S thr. Lab. & Nfld.; acid.

[=Myrtillus exigua Bubani, nom. illeg.]
[=Rhodococcum minus (Lodd., G.Lodd., & W.Lodd.) Avrorin, nom. inval.]
[=Rhodococcum vitis-idaea (L.) Avrorin, nom. inval.]
[=Vaccinium ellipticum F.Gérard]
[=Vaccinium jesoense Miq.]
[=Vaccinium nemorosum Salisb., nom. illeg.]
[=Vaccinium punctatum Lam., nom. illeg.]
[=Vaccinium punctatum Lam. var. ellipticum (F.Gérard) Rouy]
[=Vaccinium punctifolium Stokes]
[=Vaccinium rubrum Dulac, nom. illeg.]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. forma minus (Lodd., G.Lodd., & W.Lodd.) Nakai]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. forma pyricarpum Lepage]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. subsp. minus (Lodd., et al.) Hultén]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. subsp. vitis-idaea]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. var. genuinum Herder, nom. inval.]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. var. major Lodd., G.Lodd., & W.Lodd.]
[=Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. var. minus Lodd., G.Lodd., & W.Lodd.]
[=Vitis-idaea punctata Moench, nom. illeg. superfl.]
[=Vitis-idaea punctata Moench var. minor (Lodd., G.Lodd., & W.Lodd.) Moldenke]
[=Vitis-idaea punctifolia (Stokes) Gray]
[=Vitis-idaea vitis-idaea (L.) Britton, nom. inval., tautonym]

[Partridgeberry is the common name used throughout NL for Vaccinium vitis-idaea, which is known in other parts of Canada as mountain cranberry, foxberry, or cowberry, while in Europe, Vaccinium vitis-idaea is known as lingonberry. The partridgeberry of mainland Canada, Mitchella repens, is called two-eyed berry in NL and is quite rare.]

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