Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don


Family	ERICACEAE
Genus species	Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don
Synonyms	Andromeda tetragona L.
Habitat	tundra
Altitude	arctic-alpine
Description	leaves densely imbricate, appresed, 4-rowed, narrowly triangular, 3-6mm, shortly prickly pubescent, sepals 2-3mm, entire, petals connate up to 2/3 length, corolla cylindrical
Size	15-20cm
Color	white
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	shrub
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
Territory	Circumpolar Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	ERICACEAE Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 158 (1834) Basionym: Andromeda tetragona L., Sp. Pl. 1: 393 (1753) arctic-alpine ============================================================================= tetragona typica ined. Circumpolar 10 FIN ICE NOR SVA SWE 14 RUN 30 BRY CTA IRK KRA WSB YAK 31 AMU KAM KHA MAG 72 LAB 70 ASK GNL NUN NWT YUK 71 ABT BRC tetragona saximontana (Small) A.E.Porsild, Canad. Field-Naturalist 54: 68 (1940) Basionym: Cassiope saximontana Small, N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 29(1): 59 (1914) Subarctic America, w. Canada, nw. USA 70 ASK NWT YUK 71 ABT BRC 73 MNT WAS