| Scientific Name: | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
| Common Name: | bearberry, kinnikinnick |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Erosion control, Ground cover, Native planting, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Spatulate, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Red, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Horizontal habit; leaves leathery, dark green, alternate, obovate-oblanceolate-spatulate (elliptic in some cvs.), most 2-3(-4)cm long x 5-10(-13)mm wide; flowers urn-shaped, mostly 7-8mm long x 4-5mm wide, pinkish; berries round, 7-12mm wide, and persist over winter. | |