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Harrimanella stelleriana

Harrimanella hypnoides

Alaska bell-heather, Alaska moss-heather, alaskan moss-heather, alaskan mountain-heather, alpine heather

moss bell heather, moss-plant
Stems

forming dense, soft mats;

branches lax, tips ascending.

forming loose mats;

branches lax, tips barely, if at all ascending.
Leaves

divergent, not imbricate;

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

loosely appressed;

blade linear to subulate, 2–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm, (ciliolate), apex acute.
Pedicels

to 1 cm, barely exceeding leaves at anthesis.

(deep red), 0.7–1.5 cm, 3+ times longer than 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;

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

4–5 mm diam.

2–3.5 mm diam. 2n = 32, 48.

Harrimanella stelleriana

Harrimanella hypnoides
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Alpine meadows, rocky slopes, subalpine or alpine Damp, sheltered places in tundra at lower elevations, and in alpine or subalpine meadows, often in damp soil where snow drifts form
Elevation 0-1900 m (0-6200 ft) 50-1900 m (200-6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; WA; BC; YT; Asia
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from FNA
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. FNA vol. 8, p. 495.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Harrimanelloideae > Harrimanella Ericaceae > subfam. Harrimanelloideae > Harrimanella
Sibling taxa
H. hypnoides
H. stelleriana
Synonyms Andromeda stelleriana, Cassiope stelleriana Andromeda hypnoides, Cassiope hypnoides
Name authority (Pallas) Coville: Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 574. 1901 , (Linnaeus) Coville: Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 575. (1901)
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