Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ericaceae/Éricacées - Heath Family
Arctous rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Nakai
En: red bearberry, red alpine bearberry, red manznita
Fr: busserole rouge, arctostaphyle à fruits rouges, arctostaphyle rouge
IU: kallaKutik (plant), kallak (berry)
Provincial Status: N
Range: Arctic-alpine NA & eAsia (disj.); S to nwNfld.; calc.

[=Arctous alpina (L.) Nied. var. rubra Rehder & E.H.Wilson (basionym)]
[=Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. subsp. rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Hultén]
[=Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng. var. rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Bean]
[=Arctostaphylos rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Fernald]
[=Arctostaphylos ×victorinii Rolland-Germain]
[=Arctous erythrocarpa Small]

[Arctous rubra is known from turfy limestone barrens in the Strait of Belle Isle region, nw Nfld. (Bouchard et al. 1991, reported as Arctostaphylos rubra). Labrador reports of Arctous rubra probably refer to the Côte-Nord, eQuébec.]

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