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

Yellow Mountain-heather, Yellow Mountain Heather, Cream Mountain Heather, Yellow Mountain-heath

Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Synonyms: Menziesia glanduliflora, Phyllodoce aleutica, Phyllodoce aleutica ssp. glanduliflora

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)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of yellow mountain-heather as seen at about 6000' (ust above timberline) along the Highline Trail #114 on the north side of Mt. Adams........July 10, 2005. Note the numerous gland-tipped hairs on both the corolla and calyx.

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

Yellow mountain heather blooming at left at about 6600' on the north side of Mt. Adams (upper Killen Creek basin)..........August 11, 2016.The photo at right shows mountain-heather as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness..........July 10, 2020.


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

Yellow mountain heather blooming on river bar soils at the headwaters of the Lewis River below the base of the terminal moraine for the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 18, 2018.

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

The photo above shows the glandular outer surface of the flowers and glandular pedicels and sepals of yellow heather as seen high at Bird Creek Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams.........September 1, 1996.

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

The photo above shows the shiny, glabrous leaves as well as the flowers and glandular pedicels and sepals of yellow heather as seen high at Bird Creek Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams........September 1, 1996.

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

The photo above shows yellow heather as seen along a small, cold stream high on the western slopes at Bird Creek Meadows at the southeast corner of Mt. Adams.........August 1990.

Paul Slichter