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Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) D. Don

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Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Jour
17: 158. 1834.
Andromeda lycopodioides Pall. Fl. Ross, l^: 58. 1788.
Shrub less than 1 dm. tall, with prostrate or creeping slender branches; leaf -blades ovate, 1-1.5 mm. long, obtuse or acutish, scarious-margined, bearded at the apex, at least when young, rounded on the back; pedicels many times as long as the leaves; calyx-lobes broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2.5-3 mm. long, rounded at the apex, erose; corolla 5-6 mm. long; lobes broadly ovate; stamens about 2 mm. long; capsules ovoid, about 3 mm. long.
Type LOCAI.ITY: Shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamtchatka. Distribution: Alaska; also in eastern Asia to Japan. I1.1.USTRAT10NS : Pall. Fl. Ross. pi. 73, f. 1; Proc. Wash. Acad. 3:/. 63.
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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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Cassiope lycopodioides

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Cassiope lycopodioides, Haida Gwaii mountain-heather or clubmoss mountain heather, is a plant species native to North America.

Distribution

It is found in southern Alaska, British Columbia, and the US State of Washington.

It is found on rocky slopes in arctic and alpine tundra at elevations up to 2000 m.[3] In Washington, it is reported only from King County.[4] The specific epithet "lycopodioides" refers to the plant's superficial resemblance to some species of clubmoss (Lycopodium sensu lato).

Subspecies

Cassiope lycopodioides subsp. cristapilosa, known only from the Haida Gwaii (formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands), is recognized as a distinct taxon by some authorities[2][5] but not others.[3]

Description

Cassiope lycopodioides is a perennial herb forming mats lying close to the ground. Leaves are narrow, up to 3 mm long, closely pressed against the stem. Flowers are white, bell-shaped, up to 20 mm across.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ a b The Plant List
  3. ^ a b c Flora of North America v 8 p 448
  4. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Profile
  5. ^ Calder, James Alexander & Taylor, Roy Lewis. 1965. Canadian Journal of Botany 43(11): 1397–1398.
  6. ^ Boivin, Joseph Robert Bernard. 1966. Le Naturaliste Canadien 93(4): 433.
  7. ^ Don, David. 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 158.
  8. ^ Pallas, Pyotr Simon von. 1788. Flora Rossica 1(2): 55, pl. 73, f. 1.
  9. ^ Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.
  10. ^ Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
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Cassiope lycopodioides, Haida Gwaii mountain-heather or clubmoss mountain heather, is a plant species native to North America.

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