Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G.Don

Western moss heather (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Cassiope

Characteristics

Stems spreading or ascending to erect, forming dense mats, puberulent, glandular-hairy, or glabrous. Leaves imbricate, somewhat appressed to leaf above, usually 4-ranked; blade ovate-lanceolate, abaxial groove absent, 3-4.5 × 1-1.5 mm, margins thin but not scarious, without curled hairs at leaf tips, surfaces glabrous to glandular-hairy or sparsely hairy. Flowers: sepals 2-3 mm, margins entire or erose; petals connate to 1/3 their lengths, tips recurved, corolla white, campanulate, 5-8 mm; stamens to 3 mm. Capsules 1.5-4 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
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Flower color
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
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Images

Flower

Cassiope mertensiana flower picture by fayert (cc-by-sa)
Cassiope mertensiana flower picture by Leah Harrison (cc-by-sa)
Cassiope mertensiana flower picture by Leah Harrison (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cassiope mertensiana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30188630-2
WFO ID wfo-0000589563
COL ID RN92
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Andromeda cupressina Andromeda mertensiana Cassiope mertensiana subsp. californica Cassiope mertensiana subsp. ciliolata Cassiope mertensiana subsp. gracilis Cassiope mertensiana subsp. mertensiana Cassiope mertensiana