Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllodoce aleutica (Spreng.) A.Heller |
Bibliography | Muhlenbergia 1: 1 (1900) |
Native Range | Kamtschatka to n. & c. Japan, Aleutian Islands to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | leaves small, linear, curvate-dentate, acute, abaxially yellowish, flowers pendent, urceolate, in terminal racemes |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | greenish yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 | Bryanthus aleuticus (Spreng.) A.Gray Menziesia aleutica Spreng. Menziesia phylicifolia Fisch. ex Hook. Phyllodoce caerulea ssp. aleutica (Spreng.) Nedol. Phyllodoce pallasiana D.Don Phyllodoce taxifolia var. aleutica (Spreng.) Herder |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is.) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |