Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
Phyllodoce breweri |
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yellow mountain heather |
purple mountain heather |
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Habit | Plants erect to decumbent, 10–35 cm, much branched and often matted. | |
Stems | younger branches glandular-pubescent; older branches glabrous. |
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Leaves | overlapping, generally curving upward, becoming straight with maturity, 4–12 × 1–2 mm; margins revolute, glandular-serrulate; surfaces abaxially grooved and glandular, adaxially glabrous to glandular. |
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Inflorescences | 1–9-flowered; pedicels ? 3 cm, glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm, lobed nearly to base, glandular-pubescent abaxially; margins not ciliate; corollas narrowly urceolate; petals 5–8 mm, white to yellow to yellowish green, glandular; lobes reflexed, 1–2 mm; stamens included; filaments 2–3 mm, pubescent; anthers 1–1.5 mm; styles included, 3–5 mm. |
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Fruits | globose; ~3 mm in diameter, glandular. |
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2n | =24. |
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Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
Phyllodoce breweri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Cliffs and subalpine to alpine slopes. Flowering Jul–Aug. 300–3000 m. BW, Casc. WA; north to AK, east to WY. Native. See comments for Phyllodoce empetriformis. |
Phyllodoce breweri has been reported from Douglas County. More investigation is needed to confirm its presence. Phyllodoce breweri is similar to P. empetriformis but has exserted rather than included stamens. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 632 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2 |
Sibling taxa | ||
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