Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 1.4 m
Ericaceae
Also called Kinnikinnick, Red bearberry
Formerly Arbutus buxifolia, Arbutus officinalis, Arbutus procumbens, Arbutus uva-ursi, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Subarctic to N., W. & C. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- French
- Raisin d'ours, Busserole
- Dutch
- Berendruif, berendruif
- Asturian
- gabuxal
- Czech
- medvědice lékařská
- German
- Echte Bärentraube, Immergrüne Bärentraube
- Finnish
- kangassianpuolukka
- Canadian French
- raisin d'ours
- Slovenian
- vednozeleni gornik, zimzeleni gornik
- Chinese
- 熊果
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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