Flora of North America species comparison

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Phyllodoce

mountain heather, mountain-heath
Habit Shrubs.
Stems

spreading to erect, (much-branched);

young branches usually glandular-hairy, older branches glabrous or puberulent, (roughened peglike projections remaining after fall of leaves, exfoliating).
Leaves

persistent, alternate;

petiole present;

blade coriaceous, margins entire, serrulate, or glandular-serrulate, (appearing revolute, abaxial surface less than 1/3 visible).
Inflorescences

terminal, umbellate, corymbiform, or spikelike clusters, 2–30-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary;

perulae absent.
Flowers

bisexual, radially symmetric, sepals 5, connate basally;

petals 5, connate for 1/2+ their lengths, corolla deciduous, urceolate, campanulate, or cylindric;

stamens (8–)10, included or exserted;

anthers not awned, dehiscent by terminal slits;

ovary 5-locular;

style included or exserted;

stigma capitate.
Fruits

capsular, broadly ovoid to globose, dehiscence basipetally septicidal.
Seeds

100+, ellipsoid, narrowly winged, not tailed;

testa smooth.
x

= 12.

Phyllodoce
Distribution
from USDA
North America; Eurasia
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 8 (5 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Corollas yellow or yellowish green
→ 2
1. Corollas purple, pink, or white
→ 3
2. Corollas not glandular; filaments glabrous.
P. aleutica
2. Corollas glandular; filaments hairy
P. glanduliflora
3. Corollas urceolate, constricted at mouth, sepals glandular abaxially, margins not ciliate.
P. caerulea
3. Corollas campanulate, not constricted at mouth; sepals glabrous abaxially, margins ciliate
→ 4
4. Stamens exserted.
P. breweri
4. Stamens included.
P. empetriformis
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 476. Authors: John G. Packer, A. Joyce Gould.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae
Subordinate taxa
P. aleutica, P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis, P. glanduliflora
Name authority Salisbury: Parad. Lond. 1: plate 36. 1806 ,
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