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Phyllodoce glanduliflora

yellow mountain-heath
Habit Matted, evergreen shrubs 1-4 dm. tall, forming large mats, the young stems glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

Leaves linear, alternate, closely crowded, persistent, 6-12 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. broad, finely glandular-puberulent, revolute, leaving a peg-like leaf scar.
Flowers

Flowers single in the leaf axils, clustered at the stem tips;

calyx lobes 5, nearly distinct, narrowly lanceolate, acute;

corolla united, narrowly urn-shaped, dirty yellowish to greenish-white, 5-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes short, ovate-lanceolate, spreading;

stamens 10, included, the anthers without awns, opening by apical slits;

ovary superior, glandular.
Fruits

Capsule opening from the apex.

Phyllodoce glanduliflora
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Rocky sites in high coniferous forests to alpine meadows and seeps.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to Wyoming.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. empetriformis, P. ×intermedia
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