| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. |
| Bibliography | Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 287 (1825) |
| Native Range | Circumpolar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Arbutus acerba Gilib. Arbutus buxifolia Stokes Arbutus officinalis Boiss. Arbutus procumbens Salisb. Arbutus uva-ursi L. Arctostaphylos adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Á.Löve & al. Arctostaphylos alpina Payot Arctostaphylos angustifolia Payot Arctostaphylos officinalis Wimm. & Grab. Arctostaphylos procumbens (Moench) E.Mey. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. adenotricha Fernald & J.F.Macbr. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. alba Cockerell Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. angustifolia Pau Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. coactilis Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Á.Löve & al. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. crassifolia Braun-Blanq. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. crassifolia (Braun-Blanq.) Rivas Mart. & al. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi cratericola (J.D.Sm.) P.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. fendleriana (Klotzsch) Eastw. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. heterochroma Fernald Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. leobreweri (Roof) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. leobreweri Roof Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. longipilosa Packer Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. longipilosa (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. marinensis Roof Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. marinensis (Roof) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. monoensis Roof Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. pacifica Hultén Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. saxicola Roof Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. stipitata Packer & Denford Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. stipitata (Packer & Denford) Dorn Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. stipitata (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. suborbiculata W.Knight Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. suborbiculata (W.Knight) P.V.Wells Daphnidostaphylis fendleriana Klotzsch Mairrania uva-ursi (L.) Desv. Uva-ursi buxifolia S.F.Gray Uva-ursi procumbens Moench Uva-ursi uva-ursi (L.) Cockerell ex Daniels |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, SAK Sakhalin) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (MRY Maryland, VRG Virginia) |