Cassiope hypnoides (L.) D. Don

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Cassiope hypnoides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cassiope/cassiope-hypnoides/). Accessed 2024-04-23.

Genus

Cassiope

Synonyms

Andromeda hypnoides L.
Harrimanella hypnoides (L.) Cov.

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
linear: Strap-shaped.
prostrate: Lying flat.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Cassiope hypnoides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cassiope/cassiope-hypnoides/). Accessed 2024-04-23.

A tiny evergreen, heather-like shrub from 1 to 3 in. high, with prostrate, slender stems completely covered with closely set leaves. Leaves 1⁄8 in. long, linear, overlapping, somewhat erect, but not flattened against the stem. Flowers solitary on slender, erect, reddish stalks 1⁄3 to 3⁄4 in. long, produced at the end of the shoot; corolla nodding, white, bell-shaped, 1⁄6 in. long, with five rather deep, rounded lobes; calyx red. Blossoms in April and May. Bot. Mag., t. 2936.

Native of the Arctic and sub-Arctic parts of Europe and N. America, and of the mountain-tops of more southern latitudes; introduced in 1798.

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