Harrimanella stelleriana |
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Alaska bell-heather, Alaska moss-heather, alaskan moss-heather, alaskan mountain-heather, alpine heather |
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Stems | forming dense, soft mats; branches lax, tips ascending. |
Leaves | divergent, not imbricate; blade linear-oblong, 3–5 × 1–2 mm, apex obtuse to broadly acute. |
Pedicels | to 1 cm, barely exceeding leaves at anthesis. |
Flowers | erect to horizontal; sepals oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm; corolla white or tinged with pink, ca. 6 × 5 mm, lobes distinct for ca. 1/2+ their lengths, tips not recurved; stamens to 3 mm. |
Capsules | 4–5 mm diam. |
Harrimanella stelleriana |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Alpine meadows, rocky slopes, subalpine or alpine |
Elevation | 0-1900 m (0-6200 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; WA; BC; YT; Asia
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 495. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Harrimanelloideae > Harrimanella |
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Synonyms | Andromeda stelleriana, Cassiope stelleriana |
Name authority | (Pallas) Coville: Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 574. 1901 , |
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