Phyllodoce empetriformis (Sm.) D.Don

Pink mountainheath (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Phyllodoce

Characteristics

Plants prostrate to erect, diffusely branched, 0.5-5 dm; young branches sparsely glandular. Leaves ascending, densely imbricate; blade linear, 4-15 × 1-1.5(-2) mm, margins entire or glandular-serrulate, surfaces usually glabrous. Inflorescences corymbiform, 1-14-flowered. Pedicels 5-25 mm, glandular; bracteoles 2. Flowers 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, 3-4 mm, glandular.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Habit

Phyllodoce empetriformis habit picture by jimmysong (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Phyllodoce empetriformis leaf picture by jimmysong (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Phyllodoce empetriformis flower picture by Ethan Greer (cc-by-sa)
Phyllodoce empetriformis flower picture by Ponni Rajagopal (cc-by-sa)
Phyllodoce empetriformis flower picture by Marc Moretti (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phyllodoce empetriformis world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30058816-2
WFO ID wfo-0001046882
COL ID 6VG43
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Lower taxons

Phyllodoce empetriformis var. intermedia