| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab. |
| Bibliography | Man. Brit. Bot.: 194 (1843) |
| Native Range | nc. Pyrenees, n. Europe to North Korea, Subarctic America to ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-1800m |
| Description | leaves alternate, linear, 5-10mm, obtuse, serrulate, glabrous, adaxially with distinct midrib, flowers in clusters, urceolate, 7-11mm, outside glandular hirsute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | bluish rose, red |
| Bloom | 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 | Andromeda caerulea L. Andromeda daboecia Pall. Andromeda taxifolia (Salisb.) Pall. Bryanthus caeruleus (L.) Dippel Bryanthus taxifolius (Salisb.) A.Gray Erica arctica K.F.Waitz Erica caerulea (L.) Willd. Erica daboecia Georgi Menziesia caerulea (L.) Sweet Menziesia taxifolia (Salisb.) Robbins ex Alph.Wood Phyllodoce caerulea f. albida Uyeki Phyllodoce taxifolia Salisb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire) |