Whortleberry may refer to the berries of several plants of genus ''
Vaccinium'':
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Vaccinium myrtillus
''Vaccinium myrtillus'' or European blueberry is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortle ...
'', European bilberry or blue whortleberry
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea'', lingonberry or red whortleberry
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Vaccinium uliginosum
''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.
Distribution
''Vaccinium uliginosum'' is nativ ...
'', bog whortleberry/bilberry
See also
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Bilberry
Bilberries (), or sometimes European blueberries, are a primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus '' Vaccinium'' (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, dark blue berries. The species most often referred to is ''Vaccinium myrti ...
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