Arctostaphylos alpinus, (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

2. A. alpinus (L.) Sprengel , loc. cit. (1825)

( Arbutus alpina L. , Arctous alpinus (L.) Niedenzu ).

Like 1 but stems not more than 60 cm; leaves up to 50 mm, subacute, serrate, not coriaceous, withering in autumn but not falling till spring, ciliate in basal half; bracts whitish, truncate, densely ciliate-fimbriate at apex; appendages much shorter than anthers; ripe fruit black, succulent; pyrenes 5. 2n = 26. Heaths and stony slopes, on mountains except in the extreme north. N. Russia, N. & C. Fennoscandia, Scotland; mountains of C. & S. Europe southwards to the Pyrenees, C. Appennini and N. Albania. Al Au Br Cz fDa Fe Ga Ge He Hs It Ju No Rs (N, W) Su.