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Empetrum nigrum subsp. asiaticum
Korean crowberry is a low, creeping, evergreen shrub from the heather family, a subspecies of black crowberry found in cold, open, northern and mountain habitats of East Asia. It is grown mainly as a hardy ground cover or rock garden plant and needs cool summers, full sun and very well-drained, acidic soil.
Empetrum nigrum subsp. asiaticum, the Korean crowberry, is a subspecies of the flowering plant species Empetrum nigrum in the heather family, Ericaceae. The plant is called siromi (시로미) in Korean and gankōran (岩高蘭) in Japanese.
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