familyEricaceae
subfamilyEricaceae subfam. Harrimanelloideae
genusHarrimanella
speciesHarrimanella hypnoides
Harrimanella hypnoides
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 575. 1901,.
Basionym: Andromeda hypnoides Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 393. 1753
Synonyms: Cassiope hypnoides (Linnaeus) D. Don
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 495.
Stems forming loose mats; branches lax, tips barely, if at all ascending. Leaves loosely appressed; blade linear to subulate, 2–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm, (ciliolate), apex acute. Pedicels (deep red), 0.7–1.5 cm, 3+ times longer than leaves at anthesis. Flowers erect; sepals ovate, ca. 2 mm; corolla white, ca. 4 × 3 mm, lobes distinct for ca. 1/2 their lengths, tips not recurved; stamens to 1.5 mm. Capsules 2–3.5 mm diam. 2n = 32, 48.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Damp, sheltered places in tundra at lower elevations, and in alpine or subalpine meadows, often in damp soil where snow drifts form
Elevation: 50-1900 m
Distribution
Greenland, Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Que., Maine, N.H., N.Y., n Europe.
Discussion
Harrimanella hypnoides has not been collected in New York state in more than a century and is presumed extirpated there.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.