B18 



BEARBERRY 



Arctosta'phylos uva-ur'si 



Flower and fruit stalks short, 

 scaly-brae ted 



Fruit (berries') globose, pink 

 to bright red, smooth on outside, 

 with 1 to 5 hard "seeds" 

 (nutlets) inside, up to almost 

 X in. in diameter 



Flower clusters at cuds of 

 branches, short, dense, nodding 



Leaves evergreen, leathery, 

 dark green above, lighter below, 

 held in vertical position by 

 twisted leafstalk, spatula- 

 shaped to egg-shaped, rounded 

 at tip, entire, slightly hairy to 

 smooth, up to about 1 in. long 



Stems several from single root, 

 trailing on ground and sending 

 out small roots from under side, 

 each giving rise to erect, branch- 

 ing twigs usually 4 to 6 in. high ; 

 bark dark brown or reddish, 

 becoming shreddy with age 



United petals (corolla) white 

 or pink, urn-shaped, small (% in. 

 long) 



Stamens twice as many as 

 lobes of corolla (usually 10); 

 anthers each with a pair of bent- 

 back awns oh back; anther stalk 

 more or less hairy, enlarged 

 toward base 



Outer flower parts 5, often 

 reddish, somewhat united at 

 tease to form flower cup (calyx) 



