Cassiope mertensiana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Cassiope
- Species
- Cassiope mertensiana
- Scientific Name
- Cassiope mertensiana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cassiope mertensiana
Cassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather.
This heather is native to subalpine areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices.
...Cassiope mertensiana in languages:
- Chinese
- 錦絛花
- English
- western moss-heather
- English
- White Heather
- English
- White Mountain Heather
- English
- Western Bell-Heather
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cassiope abbreviata
- Cassiope argyrotricha
- Cassiope ericoides
- Cassiope fastigiata
- Cassiope fujianensis
- Cassiope lycopodioides
- Cassiope membranifolia
- Cassiope mertensiana
- Cassiope myosuroides
- Cassiope nana
- Cassiope palpebrata
- Cassiope pectinata
- Cassiope redowskii
- Cassiope selaginoides
- Cassiope tetragona
- Cassiope wardii
- Cassiope × anadyrensis































































































































































