Vaccinium myrtillus is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, commonly called "
bilberry", "whortleberry" or
European blueberry. It has much in common with the
American blueberry (
Vaccinium cyanococcus). It is more precisely called
common bilberry or
blue whortleberry, to distinguish it from other
Vaccinium relatives. Regional names include blaeberry, hurtleberry,
huckleberry, winberry and fraughan.