Empetrum eamesii
Species of flowering plant
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Empetrum eamesii, common name purple crowberry, is a North American species of dwarf evergreen shrub.
| Red crowberry | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Empetrum |
| Species: | E. eamesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Empetrum eamesii Fernald & Wiegand[1] | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Description
The species forms a low-lying shrub with prostrate stems, forming a mat on the ground. Leaves are alternate or in whorls. Flowers are solitary near the tips of branches, each with 3 white petals. Fruits are spherical, pink or red in subsp. earnsii, purple to reddish-purple in subsp. atropurpureum.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Taxonomy
Distribution and habitat
It is native to eastern Canada and the northeastern US.[11] It has been reported from sand dunes, rocky outcrops, and alpine heath in Québec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York State, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota (Cook County), Newfoundland & Labrador and St. Pierre & Miquelon.[4][11]