Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
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yellow mountain-heath, yellow mountain-heather |
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Habit | Plants prostrate or ascending to erect, branched, 2–4 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous. |
Leaves | spreading, ± imbricate; blade linear, 4–12 × 1–2 mm, margins densely glandular-serrulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular. |
Inflorescences | corymbiform, 1–16-flowered. |
Pedicels | 10–35 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; bracteoles 2. |
Flowers | often nodding; sepals ovate to lanceolate, 3–4 mm, margins not ciliate, densely glandular abaxially; corolla yellow or greenish yellow, urceolate, constricted at mouth, 5–8 mm, glandular, lobes reflexed, 1–2 mm; stamens 9–10, included; filaments 2.5–3 mm, hairy; anthers 1–1.5 mm; ovary ovoid, 2–2.5 mm (3.5 mm wide), glandular; style included, 3–4.5 mm. |
Capsules | 5-valved, globose, 2.5–4 mm, densely glandular. |
2n | = 24. |
Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist subalpine to alpine slopes |
Elevation | 900-3500 m [3000-11500 ft] |
Distribution |
AK; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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Discussion | Phyllodoce glanduliflora hybridizes with P. aleutica and with P. empetriformis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 478. |
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Synonyms | Menziesia glanduliflora, P. aleutica subsp. glanduliflora |
Name authority | (Hooker) Coville: Mazama 1: 196. 1897 , |
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