Scientific name: Empetrum nigrum L.
Common name: Crowberry
Description
Habit: A low, prostrate, evergreen shrub.
Stems: Erect or trailing, slender and wiry.
Leaves: 5 mm long, in whorls of 3-4 but some alternate, without stipules, shortly storked, linear-oblong, simple, entire; curved so that the leaf true underside is hidden, represented by a white line.
Flowers: Actinomorphic, in axillary clusters of 1-3, with 3 small bracts, small; sepals, petals and stamens 3; sepals and petals similar, green to purplish pink; ovary superior.
Fruits: A black, berry-like drupe, 4-9 mm across, usually with 9 stones.
Habitat: Rocky ground, moorland on mountains or rarely on lowland heaths near the sea.
Distribution: Frequent but local in some areas.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No