View source for Cassiope ← Cassiope You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cassiope |accepted_authority=D. Don |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |place=17: 157. 1834 , }} |common_names=Mountain heather |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Cassiopoideae;Cassiope |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Cassiopoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cassiope]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek mythological Cassiope, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 376 |treatment_page=page 446 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem growth form;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>decumbent to prostrate, spreading, ascending, or erect, mat-forming, glabrous or hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="blade shape;blade size;margin architecture or shape;margin width;margin texture;surface pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> blade canoe-shaped, without abaxial groove, or dorsiventrally expanded by marginal outgrowths forming abaxial groove, margins entire, thin or scarious, surfaces glabrous or glandular or hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="pedicel orientation;pedicel length;pedicel course;tip orientation"><b>Pedicels </b>erect with deflexed tip at anthesis, elongating (or not) and straight in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals ± distinct, oblong-ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="filament size">filaments not enlarged at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="">anthers with awns;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ovary shape">ovary subglobose to ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="style shape">style cylindric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel orientation"><b>Capsules </b>borne on erect pedicels, subglobose to ovoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;n Europe;Asia |discussion=<p>Species 18 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades grooved on abaxial surface. |[[Cassiope tetragona|Cassiope tetragona]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades not grooved on abaxial surface |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blade margins not scarious, without curled hairs at leaf tips. |[[Cassiope mertensiana|Cassiope mertensiana]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blade margins conspicuously scarious, with curled hairs at leaf tips (at least on young leaves). |[[Cassiope lycopodioides|Cassiope lycopodioides]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cassiope |author=Gary D. Wallace |authority=D. Don |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |distribution=North America;n Europe;Asia |reference=None |publication title=Edinburgh New Philos. J. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_878.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Cassiopoideae |genus=Cassiope |blade shape=canoe--shaped |blade size=expanded |bracteole presence=absent |capsule shape=subglobose;ovoid |filament size=not enlarged |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin texture=scarious |margin width=thin |ovary shape=subglobose;ovoid |pedicel course=straight |pedicel length=elongating |pedicel orientation=erect;erect |sepal fusion=distinct |sepal shape=oblong-ovate |stem growth form=mat-forming |stem orientation=erect;ascending;erect;ascending;spreading;decumbent to prostrate |stem pubescence=hairy;glabrous |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |style shape=cylindric |surface pubescence=hairy;glandular;glabrous |tip orientation=deflexed |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ericaceae subfam. 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