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The flowers are dark pink. The fruit is a berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially light green, turning red when ripe. It is edible, but has an acidic taste. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, [1] while in North America, cranberry may refer to V. macrocarpon. [2]
Vaccinium macrocarpon, also called large cranberry, American cranberry and bearberry, is a North American species of cranberry in the subgenus Oxycoccus. [ 4 ] The name cranberry comes from shape of the flower stamen , which looks like a crane 's beak.
The flowers are white, produced in corymbs up to 13 cm (5 in) in diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers 2–2.5 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –1 in) diameter with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small (5 mm, 0.20 in), fertile flowers; the flowers are pollinated by insects.
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.
Cotoneaster apiculatus, the cranberry cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is native to central China, and it has been introduced to various locales in Europe and the United States. [ 2 ]
Their flowers are hermaphrodite and show considerable variability. The petals are often fused ( sympetalous ) with shapes ranging from narrowly tubular to funnelform or widely urn-shaped. The corollas are usually radially symmetrical ( actinomorphic ) and urn-shaped, but many flowers of the genus Rhododendron are somewhat bilaterally ...
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This cranberry is a small, prostrate shrub with vine-like stems that root at the nodes. The evergreen leaves are leathery and lance-shaped, up to 1.2 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) long. [5] [7] The stems are a few centimeters tall, upon which are one to a few nodding flowers with four-petals. [7]