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|accepted_name=Elliottia pyroliflora
|accepted_authority=(Bongard) Brim & P. F. Stevens
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|place=59: 336. 1978 ,
}}
|common_names=Copperbush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cladothamnus pyroliflorus
|authority=Bongard
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum pyroliflorum
|authority=(Bongard) Dippel
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Elliottia;Elliottia pyroliflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elliottia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Elliottia pyroliflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 474
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 0.5–3 m, ± spreading; older twigs with copper-colored, shreddy bark, twigs of current season green, glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or seemingly whorled at ends of twigs; petiole 1–4 mm; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, (1.5–)2–5 × 0.6–1.4 cm, base cuneate, margins flat, apex mucronate, surfaces glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered cymes, 2–4 cm; bracts leaflike, lanceolate, 10–15 mm, margins entire. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–10 mm, with 1–2, persistent bracteoles distally. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 7–10 × 2–4 mm, apex acute, ciliate along margins especially basally; corolla 5-lobed, petals pinkish or copper colored, narrowly elliptic, 10–15 mm; stamens 8(–10); filaments glabrous; anthers 1.7–2 mm; style (persisting in fruit), curved or recurved, 10–12 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 5–6-parted, spheroidal, 5–8 mm, finely pitted, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 0.5–0.8 mm, testa with conspicuous cells. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Moist, coniferous forests and associated habitats in mountainous regions with cool temperatures and high rainfall, especially stream banks, bog edges, tree clumps, and forest edges in subalpine parkland
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Elliottia pyroliflora</i> has a wider geographic and elevational range than <i>E. racemosa</i>; it is considered difficult to grow.</p>
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name=Elliottia pyroliflora
|author=
|authority=(Bongard) Brim & P. F. Stevens
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leiophyllum pyroliflorum
|basionyms=Cladothamnus pyroliflorus
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Moist, coniferous forests and associated habitats in mountainous regions with cool temperatures and high rainfall, especially stream banks, bog edges, tree clumps, and forest edges in subalpine parkland
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Elliottia
|species=Elliottia pyroliflora
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