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.
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
... more about "Harrimanella hypnoides"
absent +
hypogynous +
dehiscent +
inverted +
inverted +
acute +
not flaky +
linear;subulate +
coriaceous +
much shorter +
absent +
mat-forming +
ascending;spreading;ascending;spreading;prostrate +
dehiscent +
aromatic +
absent +
white +
deciduous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
campanulate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
distinct +
swollen +
symmetric +
erect +
capsular +
loculicidal +
Damp, sheltered places in tundra at lower elevations, and in alpine or subalpine meadows, often in damp soil where snow drifts form +
multicellular +
absent +
absent +
simple +
crowded +
persistent +
appressed +
cauline +
distinct +
revolute;plane;toothed;entire;revolute;plane;toothed;entire +
absent +
furrowed +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
fascicles +
3+ times longer than leaves +
slender +
hypogynous +
absent +
tinged with pink;white +
connate +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
2002 +
not winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
1;10 +
ellipsoid +
absent +
ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
not exserted +
decumbent +
simple +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
glabrous +
Harrimanella hypnoides +
Harrimanella +
species +
elongate +
thin +
not recurved +
equaling +
subshrub +
small +