| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) D.Don |
| Synonyms | Andromeda mertensiana Bong. |
| Andromeda cupressina Hook. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 100-3700m |
| Description | leaves dense, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous or minutely ciliate, flowers few, close to apex of branchlets, sepals ovate, reddish, corolla campanulate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | compact shrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ERICACEAE
mertensiana californica Piper, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 196 (1907)
mertensiana ciliolata Piper, ibid.
mertensiana gracilis Piper, ibid.
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