ウラシマツツジ

noun

alpine bearberry; mountain bearberry

A low-growing shrub of the heath family, found in alpine and arctic regions. The Japanese name is used for Arctous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpina).

• ウラシマツツジは高こう山ざんの岩いわ場ばに生はえる。

  Alpine bearberry grows on rocky alpine slopes.

• 秋あきになるとウラシマツツジの葉はが赤あかく色いろづく。

  In autumn, the leaves of the alpine bearberry turn red.