[The Heath Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The Mountain-heather or Mountain-heath East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Phyllodoce

Flower of yellow Mountain-heather, Yellow Mountain Heather, Cream Mountain Heather, Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glanduliflora (Synonyms: Menziesia glanduliflora, Phyllodoce aleutica, Phyllodoce aleutica ssp. glanduliflora)

White Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Pink Mountain Heather, Red Mountain-heather, Rose Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis) - Flowers pink or rose in color and bell-shaped. Calyx lobes blunt at the tip and not glandular.

Cream Mountain Heather, Yellow Mountain Heather, Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glanduliflora (Synonyms: Menziesia glanduliflora, Phyllodoce aleutica, Phyllodoce aleutica ssp. glanduliflora) - Flowers yellowish to greenish-white and vase-shaped. Calyx lobes pointed at the tip and covered with short, glandular hairs.


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