| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Rubus arcticus L. |
| Synonyms | Cylastis arcticus (L.) Raf. |
| Rubus haellstroemii Kuntze | |
| Rubus pistillatus Sm. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | rhizomatous, leaves trifoliolate, leaflets dentate, cuneate-obovate, 10-35mm long, coriaceous and shiny, flowers solitary, over 35mm across, berry red |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pinkish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | carpet |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring and fall |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Washington) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
rcticus acaulis (Michx.) Focke, Biblioth. Bot. 17[Heft 72(1)]: 24 (1910)
arcticus stellatus (Sm.) B.Boivin, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 102: 235 (1955)
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