| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) D.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 3: 829 (1834) |
| Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| 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 | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Andromeda cupressina Hook. Andromeda mertensiana Bong. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |