Exhibit 16
Northern bearberry
Arctous alpina
Place
Tundra, gravelly beach ridges, lichen heaths, open boggy conifer woods, and dry, wind-swept, snow-free fellfields.
Adaptation
An exposed-ground life strategy: a subshrub associated with wind-swept, snow-free fellfields and other open northern habitats.
Molecular Signature
Fruit analysis reported cyanidin-3-O-galactoside as the dominant anthocyanin, with quercetin glycosides among the flavonols identified.
Scientific Lens
What does a pigment profile from a circumpolar berry contribute to a comparative map of northern colour chemistry?
Human Possibility
Could careful comparison of berry pigments support a beauty-from-within research and design question?
Application Fields
- Beauty from within
- Natural sensory