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Pieris nana (Maxim.) Makino  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesPieris nana (Maxim.) Makino 
SynonymsAndromeda nana Maxim.
 Cassiope oxycoccoides A.Gray
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude400-3000m
Descriptionleaves 5-8mm, oblong or ovate, dark green, margins revolute, flowers verticillate of 2-3 in short racemes, fragrant, corolla in mouth conspicuosly constricted
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca-
Typeshrub, carpet
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. )
     Eastern Asia (Japan)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

ERICACEAE

Pieris nana (Maxim.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 8: 213 (1894)

Basionym:
Andromeda nana Maxim, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3. 18: 47 (1878)

Synonyms:
Arcterica nana (Maxim) Makino
Lyonia nana (Maxim.) Makino

Arcterica nana oxycoccoides (A.Gray) A.P.Khokhr.
Arcterica oxycoccoides (A.Gray) Coville
Cassiope oxycoccoides A.Gray

Kamtschatka, Kuril Islands, Japan
31 KAM KUR 38 JAP

400-3000m

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