Plant |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 10-30cm
Ericoid Mycorrhizal
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 16.5)
| Habitat: |
Heath and Moorland |
Peat Bogs and Fens |
Spruce Forest Edge |
| Pollination: |
Pyrgus malvae | ||
| Parasites: |
Exobasidium vaccinii | ||
| Herbivores: |
Aphelia viburnana Larva |
Acleris hyemana Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Cowberry
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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