Phyllodoce caerulea
Man Brit. Bot., 194. 1843 ,.
Plants prostrate to ascending or erect, diffusely branched, often matlike, 5–25 cm. Leaves spreading, imbricate; blade linear to spatulate, 4–10 × 1–1.3 mm, margins finely glandular-serrulate, abaxial surface glabrous or glandular. Inflorescences umbellate, 1–6-flowered. Pedicels 10–30 mm, glandular; bracteoles 2. Flowers nodding; sepals linear to lanceolate, 3–4 mm, margins not ciliate, glandular abaxially; corolla purple, urceolate, constricted at mouth, 4–9 mm, glandular, lobes recurved, ca. 1 mm; stamens 8–10, included; filaments 3–3.5 mm, glabrous; anthers 1.2–1.5 mm; ovary globose, 2–2.5 mm, glandular; style included, 4–5 mm. Capsules 5-valved, globose, 2.5–3.5 mm, glandular. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Rocky tundra, early-melting alpine snowbeds
Elevation: 0-700(-1800) m
Distribution
Greenland, Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Alaska, Maine, N.H., n Europe, e Asia (Japan, Russian Far East).
Discussion
Phyllodoce caerulea hybridizes with P. aleutica.
Selected References
None.