| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctous alpina (L.) Nied. |
| Synonyms | Arbutus alpina L. |
| Arctous japonica Nakai | |
| Vaccinium merkii Fisch. ex Herder | |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | leaves winged petiolate, obovate to oblanceolate, elongate-cuneate, decurrent, glabrous to hirsute, inflorescence 2-4-flowered, sepals pale green, acute, berry black-purple |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | pinkish, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | 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 (Finland , Great Britain , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Italy , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
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