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Red Torpedoberry

Arctostaphylos rubra (Rehd. & Wilson) Fern.

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Arctous erythrocarpa Small, sp. nov
"> Arctostaphylos rtibra Femald, Rhodora 16: 32. 1914.
Plants similar to A. alpina in habit, but with usually larger, relatively broader and brighter-green leaf -blades; calyx about 3 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid, acute; corolla white or pink, becoming yellowish, narrow-urceolate, 5.5-6.5 mm. long, the lobes entire or obscurely erose; drupes bright-red, 9-13 mm. in diameter.
Type collected on Sulphur mountain, near Banff, Alberta, Canada, W. C. McCalla 2158 (herb. Distribution : Manitoba to Alaska and British Columbia.
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John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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