Photo: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 10.
Flowers and leaf. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
Flowers and leaf. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
Flowers and leaf. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
Flowering patch. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
Flowering patch. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
Sprawling plant. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-05-21.
A branch in berry. It's not growing upright, I'm holding it up to take the photo. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.
A plant, perhaps 1 m x 1 m. Bearberries grow on sand, and spread far and wide rather than tall. Siikajoki, Finland. Wild. 2005-08-31.
Going downhill. Please compare this to Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lingonberry. Purgatory, CO, US. Wild. 1996-07-26.
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