Arctous alpina
| Arctous alpina | |
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| Arctous alpina var. japonica on Mt. Iide, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Arctous |
| Species: | A. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctous alpina | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arctous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpina), the alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry or black bearberry, is a dwarf shrub in the heather family Ericaceae. The basionym of this species is Arbutus alpina L..