Arctostaphylos uva-ursi(L.) Spreng.

bearberry

WFO wfo-0000543738 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Joey Devine
fig. a Joey Devine, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205523323
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. b Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205024807
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. c Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 206026815
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. d Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205922773
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Loopy30
fig. e Loopy30, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203997407
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. f Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205336259
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. g Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205913946
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. h Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204365673

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Flowering n = 5,740 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 5,740 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 40 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Arbutus acerba Gilib.
  • Arbutus buxifolia Stokes
  • Arbutus officinalis Boiss.
  • Arbutus procumbens Salisb.
  • Arbutus uva-ursi L.
  • Arctostaphylos adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
  • Arctostaphylos alpina Payot
  • Arctostaphylos angustifolia Payot
  • Arctostaphylos officinalis Wimm. & Grab.
  • Arctostaphylos procumbens Patze, E.Mey. & Elkan
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. coactilis (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. heterochroma Fernald
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. leobreweri (Roof) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. longipilosa (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. marinensis (Roof) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. stipitata (Packer & Denford) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. suborbiculata (W.Knight) P.V.Wells
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi f. uva-ursi
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F.Macbr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. longipilosa Packer & Denford
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. monoensis Roof
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. stipitata Packer & Denford
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. adenotricha Fernald & J.F.Macbr.

and 16 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.