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Brewer's Mountain heather, purple mountain heath, purple mountain heather

Aleutian Mountain heather, Aleutian mountainheath

Habit Plants decumbent, branched, 1–4 dm; young branches densely glandular. Plants ascending or erect, branched, 1–2.5 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous.
Leaves

spreading, not imbricate;

blade linear, 5–20 × 1–2 mm, margins entire or finely serrulate, glabrous.

spreading, not imbricate;

blade linear, 4–12 × 1–1.1 mm, margins serrulate, surfaces often glandular.

Inflorescences

spikelike, 8–30-flowered.

umbellate or corymbiform, 1–14-flowered.

Pedicels

10–15 mm, glandular;

bracteoles 2.

10 mm, glandular;

bracteoles 2.

Flowers

nodding;

sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3–4.5 mm, margins ciliate distally, glabrous abaxially;

corolla white, pink, or purplish, campanulate, not constricted at mouth, 7–9 mm, not glandular, lobes recurved, 3–4 mm;

stamens 9–10, exserted;

filaments 5–8 mm, ciliate proximally;

anthers purple, 1.5–2.5 mm;

ovary globose, 1–2 mm, densely glandular;

style exserted, 6–8 mm.

nodding;

sepals linear to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm, margins ciliate, glandular-hairy abaxially;

corolla yellow or yellowish green, urceolate, constricted at mouth, 5–8 mm, glabrous, lobes reflexed, ca. 1 mm;

stamens 9–10, included;

filaments 1.5–2 mm, glabrous;

anthers brown on drying, 0.3–0.5 mm;

ovary globose, 1.5–2 mm, glandular-hairy;

style included, 2–3 mm.

Capsules

5-valved, globose, 3–3.5 mm, glandular-hairy.

5-valved, broadly ovoid, 3–4 × 2.5–3.5 mm, glandular-hairy.

Phyllodoce breweri

Phyllodoce aleutica

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Subalpine meadows and rocky slopes Tundra heaths and snowbanks
Elevation 1200-3500 m (3900-11500 ft) 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
AK; e Asia
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Discussion

Phyllodoce breweri is known from California and Nevada, where it occurs in the high Cascade range, the high Sierra Nevada, and the San Bernadino Mountains.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

E. Hultén (1941–1950, vol. 8) reported hybrids between Phyllodoce aleutica and P. caerulea from the Aleutian Islands, and between P. aleutica and P. granduliflora from the Alaska mainland.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 477. FNA vol. 8, p. 476.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce
Sibling taxa
P. aleutica, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis, P. glanduliflora
P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis, P. glanduliflora
Synonyms Bryanthus breweri Menziesia aleutica
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 1. 1900 , (Sprengel) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 1. 1900 ,
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