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Harrimanella stelleriana

Ericaceae subfam. harrimanelloideae

Alaska bell-heather, Alaska moss-heather, alaskan moss-heather, alaskan mountain-heather, alpine heather
Habit Subshrubs, multicellular hairs present; bark smooth, not flaky.
Stems

forming dense, soft mats;

branches lax, tips ascending.

decumbent, becoming ascendent at tips.
Leaves

divergent, not imbricate;

blade linear-oblong, 3–5 × 1–2 mm, apex obtuse to broadly acute.

persistent, alternate;

petiole present;

blade plane, abaxial groove present.
Inflorescences

terminal, solitary flowers;

perulae absent;

bracts much shorter than sepals.
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.

erect to horizontal or nodding;

sepals 5;

petals 5, connate, corolla deciduous, campanulate, lobes ± equaling tube;

intrastaminal nectary disc absent;

stamens 10;

anthers dehiscent by terminal, elongate pores;

ovary 5-locular;

placentation axile;

style straight.
Fruits

capsular, dehiscence loculicidal.
Capsules

4–5 mm diam.

Seeds

1-10, distinct, ellipsoid, not winged.

Harrimanella stelleriana

Ericaceae subfam. harrimanelloideae
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Alpine meadows, rocky slopes, subalpine or alpine
Elevation 0-1900 m (0-6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; WA; BC; YT; Asia
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North America; n Europe; n Asia; arctic and cold-temperate regions; especially alpine areas
Discussion

Genus 1, species 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 495. FNA vol. 8, p. 494. Authors: Gordon C. Tucker, Gary D. Wallace.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Harrimanelloideae > Harrimanella Ericaceae
Sibling taxa
H. hypnoides
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Andromeda stelleriana, Cassiope stelleriana
Name authority (Pallas) Coville: Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 574. 1901 , Kron & Judd: Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 68: 404. (2002)
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