Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
Phyllodoce empetriformis |
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yellow mountain-heath, yellow mountain-heather |
Klamath Mountain heather, pink mountain-heath, pink mountain-heather |
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Habit | Plants prostrate or ascending to erect, branched, 2–4 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous. | Plants prostrate to erect, diffusely branched, 0.5–5 dm; young branches sparsely glandular. |
Leaves | spreading, ± imbricate; blade linear, 4–12 × 1–2 mm, margins densely glandular-serrulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular. |
ascending, densely imbricate; blade linear, 4–15 × 1–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire or glandular-serrulate, surfaces usually glabrous. |
Inflorescences | corymbiform, 1–16-flowered. |
corymbiform, 1–14-flowered. |
Pedicels | 10–35 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; bracteoles 2. |
5–25 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. |
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, 2.5–4 mm, densely glandular. |
5-valved, globose, 3–4 mm, glandular. |
2n | = 24. |
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Phyllodoce glanduliflora |
Phyllodoce empetriformis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist subalpine to alpine slopes | Moist subalpine and alpine slopes |
Elevation | 900-3500 m [3000-11500 ft] | 1400-3500 m [4600-11500 ft] |
Distribution |
AK; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT
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AZ; CA; ID; 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.) |
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. | FNA vol. 8, p. 478. |
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Synonyms | Menziesia glanduliflora, P. aleutica subsp. glanduliflora | Menziesia empetriformis |
Name authority | (Hooker) Coville: Mazama 1: 196. 1897 , | (Smith) D. Don: Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 160. 1834 , |
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