Cloudberry

Description:

Perennial herb. Rootstock with runners, woody. Height 10–25 cm. Stem 2-leaved. Flower corolla regular, white, 2–3 cm broad; petals 5, with notched tips. Leaves alternate, quite long-stalked, stipulate. Fruit initially red, when ripe yellow, juicy, fragrant aggregate of drupes.

Habitat:

Swamps, bogs, mossy open bogs, slightly elevated dryer ridges on string bogs, peaty moors and rocky outcrops.

Notes:

I found (and ate) this cloudberry at Nuuksio national park on the shore of Lake Karjakaivo.