| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Cassiope hypnoides (L.) Coville |
| Bibliography | Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 158 (1834) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic or Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-1900m |
| Description | leaves alternate, scaly-like, narrowly oblong, acute, imbricate, flowers with crimson-red calyx, spherically campanulate, 4-5mm long, long pedicellate, pendant |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| 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, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Andromeda hypnoides L. Harrimanella hypnoides (L.) Coville |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire) |