[The Heath Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather

Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona

Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona
The upper stem leaves and flower of four-angled mountain heather. The ventral keel of each leaf is deeply grooved and is visible here. Photographed on the northern slopes of Thorofare Mt., Denali National Park..................September 7, 2009.

Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona - Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona

Four-angled mountain heather as seen blooming along the Camp Ridge Trail above Camp Denali, Denali National Park.............June 16, 2012.

Close-up of the flower of Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona

A close-up of the orbicular, bell-shaped corolla of four-angled mountain heather as seen on the northern slopes of Thorofare Mt., Denali National Park..................September 7, 2009.

Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona - Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona

Four-angled mountain heather blooming high on Mount Healy, Denali National Park...............June 14, 2012.

Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four-angled Mountain Heather, Mountain Heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather: Cassiope tetragona ssp. tetragona
Four-angled mountain heather as seen from atop Camp Ridge, above Camp Denali...........June 22, 2002.

Paul Slichter