Phyllodoce aleutica (Spreng.) A.Heller

Aleutian mountainheath (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Phyllodoce

Characteristics

Plants ascending or erect, branched, 1-2.5 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous. Leaves spreading, not imbricate; blade linear, 4-12 × 1-1.1 mm, margins serrulate, surfaces often glandular. Inflorescences umbellate or corymbiform, 1-14-flowered. Pedicels 10 mm, glandular; bracteoles 2. Flowers 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, broadly ovoid, 3-4 × 2.5-3.5 mm, glandular-hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.33
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-6

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Phyllodoce aleutica unspecified picture

Distribution

Phyllodoce aleutica world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:195239-2
WFO ID wfo-0001046887
COL ID 4H6SF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Phyllodoce aleutica Menziesia aleutica Phyllodoce aleutica subsp. aleutica

Lower taxons

Phyllodoce aleutica subsp. glanduliflora