Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.


ERICACEAE Family selection - Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 2: 287. 1825 [Jan-May 1825]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Alpine bearberry
en English name: alpine bearberry
English name: mountain bearberry

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. ssp. rubra (Rehder & Wilson) Hultén
2) Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. var. alpina
3) Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. var. rubra (Rehder & Wilson) Bean



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Arctostaphylos
Species:


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Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos alpina
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, ME, NH), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.
Map for Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. ssp. rubra (Rehder & Wilson) Hultén [165]
2) Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. var. alpina [278]
3) Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper [268]
4) Arctostaphylos insularis Greene ex Parry var. pubescens Eastw. [173]
5) Arctostaphylos oblongifolia Howell [131]
6) Arctostaphylos rubra (Rehder & Wilson) Fernald [339]
7) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. ssp. coactilis (Fernald & J.F. Macbr.) A. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor [208]
8) Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns [610]
9) Ardisia polycephala auct. non Wall. ex A. DC. [228]
10) Arenaria ciliata L. ssp. pseudofrigida Ostenf. & O.C. Dahl [88]

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