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Details for: Ames 3215,
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(L.) Spreng., Kinnikinnick
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(L.) Spreng.
Top Name:
Kinnikinnick
Origin:
Collected – Idaho, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Dec 1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(L.) Spreng.
Top Name:
Kinnikinnick
Origin:
Collected – Idaho, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Dec 1984
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
Idaho, United States
Locality:
Along Highway 95, Boundary County, 2-3 miles south of Kingsgate, British Columbia, Canada.
Elevation:
950m.
Collector(s):
Jahn, Otto, USDA/ARS
Donated
19 December 1984.
Oregon, United States
Donor(s):
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kinnikinnick
Type: Local name
A17
Type: Collector identifier
Jahn, Otto USDA/ARS
Ames 3215
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Low, evergreen ground cover.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(L.) Spreng.
Genus:
Arctostaphylos
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Arbutoideae
Nomen number:
3866
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:287. 1825
Verified:
05/06/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Arbutus uva-ursi
L.
Common names
Language
Name
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Citation
English
bearberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
bear-grape
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
hog-cranberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
kinnikinnick
1
Hitchcock, C. L. et al.
1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
English
mealberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
mountain-box
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
sandberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
upland-cranberry
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
uva-ursi
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
French
arbousier busderole
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French
bousserole
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
French
raisin d'ours
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
German
Bärentraube
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian
orsella
2
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish
gayuba
2
Ortega-Sada, J. L.
1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Swedish
mjölon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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