Other common names
barren myrtle, bear bilberry, bear's grape, box-leaved wintergreen, bralins, brawlins, burren myrtle, coralberry, creashak, crowberry, dandies, fox plum, ground holly, hog cranberry, kinnikinnick, kinnikinnik, mealberry, mountain box, mountain cranberry, rapper, red bearberry, sandberry, upland cranberry, uva-ursi
Synonyms
Arctostaphylos officinalis
Arbutus uva-ursi
Shrubs
A low-growing evergreen shrub, with oval mid-green leaves. In summer it produces clusters of pale pink bell-shaped flowers, followed by bright scarlet fruit in autumn.
Position
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Types
Clay, Sand, Loam
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres