Arctostaphylos Adanson

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 11

13. Arctostaphylos Adanson 1

(inch Arctous (A. Gray) Niedenzu )

Dwarf shrubs; leaves alternate, shortly petiolate. Flowers 5-merous, in small, terminal racemes or clusters; bracteoles 2, at base of pedicel. Sepals small, connate for much of their length. Corolla urceolate, with short lobes. Stamens 10; anthers with apical appendages, opening by pores or shortslits. Fruit a small, berry-like drupe with 5-10 pyrenes.

Leaves entire, evergreen; ripe fruit red 1. uva-ursi Leaves serrate, withering in autumn; ripe fruit black 2. alpinus