Bilberry

Bilberry or Whortleberry, the berry of Vaccinium Myrtillus, or the plant itself. This is a little erect branched shrub, related to the heaths, which is common in our woods. Its bright green leaves turn red in autumn before falling; and its small flowers have a pinkish globular corolla and anthers with appendages and with their lobes produced into tubes. The globular bluish-black berry, which has a bloom like that on a plum, is edible.