Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W.Brim & P.F.Stevens |
Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 59: 336 (1978) |
Native Range | Alaska to nw. Oregon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-2500m |
Description | leaves pale green, elliptic-oblanceolate, shortly acute, entire, 2-5cm long, subsessile, petals 10-15mm long, elliptic, spreading |
Size | 50-300cm |
Color | pink, red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bong. Leiophyllum pyroliflorum (Bong.) Dippel Pyrola fruticosa Eschsch. ex Ledeb. Tolmiea occidentalis Hook. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |