Huckleberry - Fruit Shrub - Solanum melanocerasum - 5 Seeds cabbage Blooms in the late winter

Blooms in the late winter and early spring before the leaves appear

The stem is usually straight and slender

turn attractive shades of reddish bronze in fall

The genus was named for Ryk Tulbagh

5–10 millimetres in diameter

Huckleberry - Fruit Shrub - Solanum melanocerasum - 5 Seeds cabbage Blooms in the late winterHuckleberries were traditionally collected by Native American people for use as food or traditional medicine. The berries are small and round, 510 millimetres in diameter, and look like large dark blueberries. In taste, they may be tart, with a flavour similar to that of a blueberry, especially in blue and purple coloured varieties, and some have noticeably larger, bitter seeds. The fruit is versatile in various foods or beverages, including jam,