Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, (L.) Sprengel

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

1. A. uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel , Syst. Veg. 2: 287(1825)

( Arbutus uva-ursi L. ).

Stems up to 150 cm long, procumbent, freely branched, forming large, dense mats. Leaves 12-30 x 4-12 mm, obovate to oblanceolate-cuneate, obtuse to emarginate, entire,

coriaceous, evergreen, usually pubescent on midrib and margins, dark and shining above, paler beneath, conspicuously reticulate-veined. Bracts similar but smaller. Calyx-lobes suborbicular. Corolla 5-6 mm, greenish-white to pink; lobes revolute. Stamens included; appendages about as long as anthers. Fruit 10 mm, globose, bright red; flesh rather dry; pyrenes 5—7(— 10). 2« = 52. Heaths, rocky ground and open woods. Most of Europe except the extreme south. Al Au Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.