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yellow mountain-heath, yellow mountain-heather

Aleutian Mountain heather, Aleutian mountainheath

Habit Plants prostrate or ascending to erect, branched, 2–4 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous. Plants ascending or erect, branched, 1–2.5 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.

spreading, not imbricate;

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

Inflorescences

corymbiform, 1–16-flowered.

umbellate or corymbiform, 1–14-flowered.

Pedicels

10–35 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;

bracteoles 2.

10 mm, 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.

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, 2.5–4 mm, densely glandular.

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

2n

= 24.

Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Phyllodoce aleutica

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist subalpine to alpine slopes Tundra heaths and snowbanks
Elevation 900-3500 m (3000-11500 ft) 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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from FNA
AK; e Asia
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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.)

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. 478. FNA vol. 8, p. 476.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce
Sibling taxa
P. aleutica, P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis
P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis, P. glanduliflora
Synonyms Menziesia glanduliflora, P. aleutica subsp. glanduliflora Menziesia aleutica
Name authority (Hooker) Coville: Mazama 1: 196. 1897 , (Sprengel) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 1. 1900 ,
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