Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Cassiope stelleriana (Pall.) DC. |
Synonyms | Andromeda stelleriana Pall. |
Bryanthus stelleri D.Don | |
Harrimanella stelleriana (Pall.) Coville | |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1900m |
Description | leaves alternate, patent, linear-oblanceolate, 3-5mm, shortly petiolate, flowers solitary, terminal, 5-6mm long, corolla broadly campanulate, pedicel rigid, 3-10mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Washington) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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