Vaccinium arctostaphylos or Caucasian whortleberry is a Eurasian species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color. Its cytology is 2n = 48.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Caucasian Whortleberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vaccinium smallii
- Vaccinium padifolium
- Vaccinium erythrocarpum
- Vaccinium membranaceum
- Gaylussacia ursina
- Vaccinium alaskaense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- Vaccinium arctostaphylos
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