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yellow mountain-heath, yellow mountain-heather

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

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

spreading, ± imbricate;

blade linear, 4–12 × 1–2 mm, margins densely glandular-serrulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular.

spreading, not imbricate;

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

Inflorescences

corymbiform, 1–16-flowered.

spikelike, 8–30-flowered.

Pedicels

10–35 mm, densely stipitate-glandular;

bracteoles 2.

10–15 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 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.

Capsules

5-valved, globose, 2.5–4 mm, densely glandular.

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

2n

= 24.

Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Phyllodoce breweri

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist subalpine to alpine slopes Subalpine meadows and rocky slopes
Elevation 900-3500 m (3000-11500 ft) 1200-3500 m (3900-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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from FNA
CA; NV
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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.)

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.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 478. FNA vol. 8, p. 477.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Phyllodoce
Sibling taxa
P. aleutica, P. breweri, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis
P. aleutica, P. caerulea, P. empetriformis, P. glanduliflora
Synonyms Menziesia glanduliflora, P. aleutica subsp. glanduliflora Bryanthus breweri
Name authority (Hooker) Coville: Mazama 1: 196. 1897 , (A. Gray) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 1: 1. 1900 ,
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