| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. |
| Synonyms | Arbutus uva-ursi L. |
| Arctostaphylos angustifolia Payot | |
| Arctostaphylos procumbens (Moench) E.Mey. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-3100m |
| Description | leaves abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, shiny, oblanceolate to obovate, cuneate, entire, subglabrous, flowers urceolate in raceme |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | decumbent shrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Maryland , Virginia ) Southern America Central America (Guatemala) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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