Arctous alpina

Arctous alpina
Arctous alpina var. japonica on Mt. Iide, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctous
Species:
A. alpina
Binomial name
Arctous alpina
Synonyms
  • Comarostaphylis polifolia
  • Arctostaphylos alpina

Arctous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpina), the alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry or black bearberry, is a dwarf shrub in the heather family Ericaceae. The basionym of this species is Arbutus alpina L..

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