Harrimanella hypnoides |
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moss bell heather, moss-plant |
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Stems | forming loose mats; branches lax, tips barely, if at all ascending. |
Leaves | loosely appressed; blade linear to subulate, 2–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm, (ciliolate), apex acute. |
Pedicels | (deep red), 0.7–1.5 cm, 3+ times longer than leaves at anthesis. |
Flowers | erect; sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm; corolla white, ca. 4 × 3 mm, lobes distinct for ca. 1/2 their lengths, tips not recurved; stamens to 1.5 mm. |
Capsules | 2–3.5 mm diam. 2n = 32, 48. |
Harrimanella hypnoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Damp, sheltered places in tundra at lower elevations, and in alpine or subalpine meadows, often in damp soil where snow drifts form |
Elevation | 50-1900 m (200-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
ME; NH; NY; NL; NT; NU; QC; Greenland; n Europe
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Discussion | Harrimanella hypnoides has not been collected in New York state in more than a century and is presumed extirpated there. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 495. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Harrimanelloideae > Harrimanella |
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Synonyms | Andromeda hypnoides, Cassiope hypnoides |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Coville: Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 575. (1901) |
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