Ericaceae FAMILY
Arctous alpina
Arctous alpina
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Arctous alpina is a dwarf, deciduous shrub growing 3 - 20cm tall, exceptionally to 30cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant spreads slowly by prostrate, subterranean stems to form a small, loose clump[ 275 Title Flora of Japan Publication Author Website http://www.foj.info Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora - an excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeNorthern regions of Europe, Asia and N. America, and at higher elevations further south in the temperate zone.
HabitatMountain moors[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ] and stony places on calcareous Alp. Tundra, gravelly beach ridges, lichen heaths, open, boggy, coniferous woods, dry, wind-swept and snow-free fellfields in arctic and alpine tundra; at elevations up to 2,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].