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'''''Cassiope mertensiana''''' is a species of flowering plant known by the common names '''western moss heather''' and '''white mountain heather'''. |
'''''Cassiope mertensiana''''' is a species of flowering plant known by the common names '''western moss heather''' and '''white mountain heather'''. |
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This heather is native to [[subalpine]] areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices. |
This heather is native to [[subalpine]] areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Brietzke|first1=Chanda|last2=Starzomski|first2=Brian|title=White mountain-heather, western moss heather, Cassiope mertensiana|url=http://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/white-mountain-heather-bull-cassiope-mertensiana.html|website=Biodiversity of the Central Coast|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Revision as of 00:08, 17 March 2015
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Cassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather.
This heather is native to subalpine areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices. [1]
Description
Cassiope mertensiana has short, erect, snakelike stems that are covered in tiny leathery scalelike leaves only a few millimeters long. From between the layers of scale leaves emerge reddish pedicels each bearing a petite, hanging, down-facing, bell-shaped flower. The bractlets are red and the contrasting flower is white.
External links
Media related to Cassiope mertensiana at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Cassiope mertensiana
- USDA Plants Profile
- Cassiope mertensiana — U.C. Photo gallery
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- ^ Brietzke, Chanda; Starzomski, Brian. "White mountain-heather, western moss heather, Cassiope mertensiana". Biodiversity of the Central Coast. Retrieved 17 March 2015.