It can be found in all green plants, most abundantly in black beans, blackcurrant, blueberry, huckleberry, bilberry leaves[1][2] and in various myrtles, roselle plants, and Centella asiatica plant.

[citation needed] It is also present in yeast and oatmeal.

[citation needed] The sumac fruit's pericarp owes its dark red colour to anthocyanin pigments, of which chrysanthemin, myrtillin and delphinidin have yet been identified.

The various colors, such as red, mauve, purple, violet, and blue in Hydrangea macrophylla are developed from myrtillin complexes with metal ions called metalloanthocyanins.

[4] The enzyme anthocyanin 3-O-glucoside 6''-O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase produces delphinidin 3-(6-p-coumaroyl)glucoside from myrtillin and p-coumaroyl-CoA in the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway.