Cassiope mertensiana
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the plant with common name white mountain heather. For the plant with common names including white Arctic mountain heather and Arctic white heather, see Cassiope tetragona.
Cassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Cassiope |
Species: | C. mertensiana |
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Cassiope mertensiana | |
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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.[1]