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Phyllodoce empetriformis

Klamath Mountain heather, pink mountain-heath, pink mountain-heather
Habit Plants prostrate to erect, diffusely branched, 0.5–5 dm; young branches sparsely glandular.
Leaves

ascending, densely imbricate;

blade linear, 4–15 × 1–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire or glandular-serrulate, surfaces usually glabrous.
Inflorescences

corymbiform, 1–14-flowered.
Pedicels

5–25 mm, glandular;

bracteoles 2.
Flowers

usually erect;

sepals broadly ovate, 2–3 mm, margins ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous;

corolla pink, campanulate, not constricted at mouth, 5–8 mm, not glandular, lobes spreading, 1.5–2.5 mm;

stamens 10, included;

filaments 1.5–3 mm, glabrous;

anthers 1.5–2.5 mm;

ovary broadly ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, glandular;

style exserted, 5–7 mm.
Capsules

5-valved, globose, 3–4 mm, glandular.

Phyllodoce empetriformis
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Moist subalpine and alpine slopes
Elevation 1400-3500 m [4600-11500 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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Discussion

Hybrids between Phyllodoce empetriformis and P. glanduliflora are encountered occasionally where the two species occur together. The hybrids, P. ×intermedia (Hooker) Rydberg, consisting largely of first-generation crosses (F1 progeny), have a decidedly intermediate floral morphology, combining glandular, mostly nonciliate sepals more than 3 mm long and pinkish, cylindric to ovoid corollas.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 478. Treatment authors: John G. Packer, A. Joyce Gould.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce
Sibling taxa
P. aleutica, P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. glanduliflora
Synonyms Menziesia empetriformis
Name authority (Smith) D. Don: Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 160. 1834 ,
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