[Wildflowers with Petals in Threes or Multiples of Threes West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon]

Black Crowberry, Curlew Berry, Moss Berry

Empetrum nigrum

Synonyms: Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum

Black Crowberry, Curlew Berry, Moss Berry: Empetrum nigrum (Synonyms: Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum)

Black Crowberry, Curlew Berry, Moss Berry: Empetrum nigrum (Synonyms: Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum)

Crowberry as seen on open benches above the Pacific Ocean along the Cape Arago Trail at Shore Acres State Park.........April 19, 2016.

Black Crowberry, Curlew Berry, Moss Berry: Empetrum nigrum (Synonyms: Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum)

Crowberry as seen in a sphagnum bog at Ahlstroms Prairie, Olympic National Park..........July 25, 2014.
Paul Slichter