Cowberry/Lingonberry (Tyttebær)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
About Cowberry/Lingonberry (Tyttebær)
Cowberry/Lingonberry (Tyttebær) (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) is a herb used in the Scandinavian Folk Medicine tradition to help with UTI, Kidney Support, Antioxidant, and Fever, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes in Northern Baltoscandia and Russia. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and in many other regions of the world.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist