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| Life form: |
| Dwarf shrub |
| Stems: |
| Woody, low, creeping, horizontal much-branched stems; twigs curve upwarsd, reddish black, finely hairy |
| Leaves: |
| Evergreen, simple, whorled, needlelike, leatherly, dark green |
| Flowers: |
| Tiny three-parted, purplish flowers. Later wide, black, globose drupes |
| Flowering Period: |
| April-June |
| Fruits: |
| Round and berry like, shiny dark blue or black, very juicy, sweet with 6 to 9 reddish brown nutlets that are bitter. |
| Habitat: |
| Heaths, coasts, bogs and marshes |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Empetrum (Greek) en, "upon", and petros, "rock", and refers to the rocky habitat that this species exploit.
Nigrum, "black", refers to the color of the fruit.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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