Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)

Family: Empetraceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Purple, Red. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Prostrate, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste slightly acid or insipid. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; It can taste slightly acid or insipid.; Not very desirable, it tastes best after a frost.; A watery flavour, it is mainly used for making drinks, pies, preserves etc.

Habitat & North American Range

Moors and mountain tops, and in the drier parts of blanket bogs. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)