194 Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible sour, slightly sweet, slightly bitter fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. In the past it was seldom cultivated, but fruit was commonly collected in the wild. Recently, commercial cultivation has begun in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. 505637 Vaccinium vitis-idaea 194.jpg image/jpeg 254126 2012-04-20T09:43:36Z 206 Fruits Berries Type 1 2011-02-09T00:37:25Z 2019-05-14T18:04:18Z false specific 180772 true FOOD00194