Uva Ursi Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Uva Ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is bearberry or kinnikinnick, a prostrate evergreen shrub of the heath family, Ericaceae, native across the northern latitudes of North America, Europe and Asia, where it carpets dry sandy soils, rocky slopes and open pine woods. Its woody, trailing stems root as they spread into mats 10 to 30 cm tall, with small, thick, glossy, spoon-shaped leaves that are leathery and evergreen. Clusters of small pink-tinged white, urn-shaped flowers in spring are followed by dry, mealy, bright red berries that persist into winter. We extract the dried herb.