| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Empetrum asiaticum (Nakai ex H.Ito) Nakai ex V.Vassil. |
| Bibliography | Rod. Empetrum: 96 (1961) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to n. China and Korea, n. & c. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and woods |
| Altitude | 700-1500m |
| Description | procumbent, ramose, branchlets russet, leaves linear, 4-5mm, glabrous, adaxially nitid, obtuse, bracts ovate, ciliate, flowers sessile, petals lanceolate, berry purple red |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | deep red |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Empetrum albicarphum Sugaw. Empetrum kurilense V.N.Vassil. Empetrum nigrum ssp. asiaticum (Nakai ex H.Ito) Kuvaev Empetrum nigrum f. albicarphum (Sugaw.) Honda Empetrum nigrum var. album J.Y.Ma & Yue Zhang Empetrum nigrum var. asiaticum Nakai ex H.Ito Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum Siebold & Zucc. ex K.Koch Empetrum nigrum ssp. japonicum Hultén Empetrum nigrum f. japonicum R.D.Good Empetrum sibiricum var. japonicum (Siebold & Zucc. ex K.Koch) Tzvelev |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |