Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope ericoides (Pall.) D.Don |
Bibliography | Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 158 (1834) |
Native Range | s. & e. Siberia to Russian Far East |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves shiny, thick, lanceolate, obtuse, at margins long setose, flowers axillary, solitary, pendent, shortly pedicellate, calyx white, corolla campanulate, 4mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellowish white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Adromeda ericoides Pall. Erica asiatica Waitz |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 37 Mongolia |