[Mountain-heathers: The Genus Phyllodoce in Mt. Adams Country]

Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis

Flowers of Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis) - Flowers of Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis)

Two photos showing close-up views of the flowers and glandular pedicels of red mountain-heather as seen along the southern edge of the Takh Takh lava flow at the western end of Takh Takh meadows at the northwestern corner of Mt. Adams.........June 21, 2005.

Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis)

Red mountain-heather as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness..........July 10, 2020.

Flowers of Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis) - Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis)

The photo at left shows a close-up view of the flowers and glandular pedicels of red mountain-heather as seen along the southern edge of the Takh Takh lava flow at the western end of Takh Takh meadows at the northwestern corner of Mt. Adams.........June 21, 2005. The photo at right shows a close-up view of the flowers of red mountain-heather as seen along the southern edge of the Takh Takh lava flow at the western end of Takh Takh meadows at the northwestern corner of Mt. Adams.........August 6, 2022.

Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis)

Red mountain-heather still in bloom in spots with late melting snow drifts along the climber's trail near the upper rim of Hellroaring Valley, Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams, Yakama Nation lands.........September 2, 2017.

Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis) - Red Mountain-heather, Red Mountain Heather, Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis (Synonym: Menzesia empetriformis)

Red mountain heather blooming at left next to the headwaters of the Lewis River and at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 19, 2018.The photo at right shows red mountain heather in bloom along the Killen Creek Trail #113 near where it crosses the East Fork Adams Creek, Mount Adams Wilderness.....August 4, 2022.

Paul Slichter