| Accepted name: |
Arctous alpina (L.) Niedenzu |
| Synonym(s): |
-Arbutus alpina L.
-Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Sprenge var. alpina
-Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Sprenge
-Arctous alpina Niedenzu
-Mairania alpina (L.) Desv.
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| English names: |
Alpine Bearberry
Black Bearberry
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| French names: |
Arctostaphyle alpin
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WARCAL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of pounded plants used as wash for general illnesses(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
