Phyllodoce
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Phyllodoce is a small genus of plants which includes the mountainheaths or mountain heathers. These are low matting shrubs with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles. They bear attractive flowers in shades of pink and purple. Phyllodoce are found in mountainous regions of North America, especially the western United States; blue heath (Phyllodoce caerulea) is native to north-western Europe.
Selected species:
- Phyllodoce aleutica - Aleutian mountainheath
- Phyllodoce breweriPhyllodoce breweriPhyllodoce breweri is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names purple mountain heath and Brewer's mountain heather. It is native to California, where it can be found in mountain ranges including the southern Cascade Range, the San Bernardino Mountains, and the...
- purple mountainheath - Phyllodoce caerulea - blue mountainheath
- Phyllodoce empetriformisPhyllodoce empetriformisPhyllodoce empetriformis is a low matting shrub with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles. It bears attractive flowers in shades of pink and purple. Phyllodoce empetriformis is found in mountainous regions of western North America.-External links:***...
- pink mountainheath - Phyllodoce granduliflora - yellow mountainheath
- Phyllococe caerulea (L.) Bab.Cardale BabingtonCharles Cardale Babington was an English botanist and archaeologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851....
- blue heath