Clubmoss mountain heather

Cassiope lycopodioides

  • Clubmoss mountain heather
  • Clubmoss mountain heather
  • Clubmoss mountain heather
  • Clubmoss mountain heather
  • Flower name
    Clubmoss mountain heather
  • Scientific name
    Cassiope lycopodioides
  • Alias岩髭, clubmoss mountain heather
  • Place of originAn Alpine belt in the northern hemisphere, such as Japan and southern Alaska
  • Place of floweringHigh mountain, Botanical Gardens
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Clubmoss mountain heather

Clubmoss mountain heather , scientific name:Cassiope lycopodioides , is an alpine evergreen dwarf small shrub of the Cassiope genus ,of the Ericaceae department native to Japan and southern Alaska such as an Alpine belt in the northern hemisphere. Are native to stick into the crevices of the rocks of the high mountains. About 10 cm in height, stem-like green. In the scale-like leaves, cross the opposite. Short branches out from the leaf axil. Stretch floral red and thin from the branches, one at a time, bell-shaped white flowers bloom in the drop-down. The tips of the petals 5 lobed and the 反ri返rimasu. 10 stamens, one flower. After the flower consists of fruit capsules.


  • Order
    Ericales
  • Family
    Ericaceae
  • Genus
    Cassiope
  • Species
    C. lycopodioides
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Bell-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Other
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typealpine Evergreen dwarf small shrub
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height8.0 ~ 10.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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