Arctous alpina

Arctous alpina
Arctous alpina var. japonica on Mt. Iide, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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 (L.) Nied.
Synonyms
Comarostaphylis polifolia Arctostaphylos alpina

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..