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Cassiope mertensiana subsp. californica
Photo is of parent taxon
Stems

glabrous or sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy when young.
Leaf

blade margins glandular-hairy.

Cassiope mertensiana subsp. californica
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Subalpine and red fir forests
Elevation 2100- 3700 m (6900- 12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies californica is endemic to the Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 448.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Cassiopoideae > Cassiope > Cassiope mertensiana
Sibling taxa
C. mertensiana subsp. ciliolata, C. mertensiana subsp. gracilis, C. mertensiana subsp. mertensiana
Name authority Piper: Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 196. (1907)
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