Cassiope lycopodioides

Haida Gwaii mountain-heather
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cassiope
Species: C. lycopodioides
Binomial name
Cassiope lycopodioides
(Pall.) D. Don
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andromeda lycopodioides Pall.
  • Cassiope lycopodioides var. cristapilosa (Calder & R.L.Taylor) B.Boivin
  • Cassiope lycopodioides subsp. cristapilosa Calder & Roy L.Taylor
  • Erica lycopodioides Waitz
  • Ericoides lycopodiodes (Waitz) Kuntze

Cassiope lycopodioides, Haida Gwaii mountain-heather or clubmoss mountain heather, is a plant species native to southern Alaska, British Columbia, and the US State of Washington. It is found on rocky slopes in arctic and alpine tundra at elevations up to 2000 m.[3] In Washington, it is reported only from King County.[4] The specific epithet "lycopodioides" refers to the plant's superficial resemblance to some species of clubmoss (Lycopodium sensu lato).

Cassiope lycopodioides subsp. cristapilosa, known only from the Haida Gwaii (formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands), is recognized as a distinct taxon by some authorities[2][5] but not others.[3]

Cassiope lycopodioides is a perennial herb forming mats lying close to the ground. Leaves are narrow, up to 3 mm long, closely pressed against the stem. Flowers are white, bell-shaped, up to 20 mm across.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Plant List
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flora of North America v 8 p 448
  4. ↑ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Profile
  5. ↑ Calder, James Alexander & Taylor, Roy Lewis. 1965. Canadian Journal of Botany 43(11): 1397–1398.
  6. ↑ Boivin, Joseph Robert Bernard. 1966. Le Naturaliste Canadien 93(4): 433.
  7. ↑ Don, David. 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17(33): 158.
  8. ↑ Pallas, Pyotr Simon von. 1788. Flora Rossica 1(2): 55, pl. 73, f. 1.
  9. ↑ Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's Flora of Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada i–xvi, 1–724. Brigham Young University Press, Provo.
  10. ↑ Scoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.