Phyllodoce breweri |
Phyllodoce aleutica |
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Brewer's Mountain heather, purple mountain heath, purple mountain heather |
Aleutian Mountain heather, Aleutian mountainheath |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; NV
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AK; e Asia |
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 |
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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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