| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctous alpina (L.) Nied. |
| Bibliography | Nat. Pflanzenfam. [H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl] 4(1): 48 (1889) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Arbutus alpina L. Arctostaphyllos alpina (L.) Spreng. Arctostaphyllos alpina var. japonica (Nakai) Hultén Arctous alpina var. japonica (Nakai) Ohwi Arctous japonica Nakai Mairrania alpina (L.) Desv. Uva-ursi alpina (L.) S.F.Gray Vaccinium merkii Fisch. ex Herder |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 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) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire) |