Phyllodoce glanduliflora

(Hooker) Coville

Mazama 1: 196. 1897 ,.

Common names: Yellow mountain heather
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Menziesia glanduliflora Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 40, plate 132. 1834
Synonyms: Phyllodoce aleutica subsp. glanduliflora (Hooker) Hultén
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 478. Mentioned on page 476.

Plants prostrate or ascending to erect, branched, 2–4 dm; young branches glandular, older branches glabrous. Leaves spreading, ± imbricate; blade linear, 4–12 × 1–2 mm, margins densely glandular-serrulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular. Inflorescences corymbiform, 1–16-flowered. Pedicels 10–35 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; bracteoles 2. Flowers often nodding; sepals ovate to lanceolate, 3–4 mm, margins not ciliate, densely glandular abaxially; corolla yellow or greenish yellow, urceolate, constricted at mouth, 5–8 mm, glandular, lobes reflexed, 1–2 mm; stamens 9–10, included; filaments 2.5–3 mm, hairy; anthers 1–1.5 mm; ovary ovoid, 2–2.5 mm (3.5 mm wide), glandular; style included, 3–4.5 mm. Capsules 5-valved, globose, 2.5–4 mm, densely glandular. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Moist subalpine to alpine slopes
Elevation: 900-3500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Mont., Oreg., Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Phyllodoce glanduliflora hybridizes with P. aleutica and with P. empetriformis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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John G. Packer +  and A. Joyce Gould +
(Hooker) Coville +
Menziesia glanduliflora +
Yellow mountain heather +
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
900-3500 m +
Moist subalpine to alpine slopes +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Phyllodoce aleutica subsp. glanduliflora +
Phyllodoce glanduliflora +
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