RED MOUNTAIN-HEATHER

Class: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Family: HEATH FAMILY

Sub Family: Ericaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: False Heather, Pink Mountain-heather

Colour: Pink to deep rose

Height: 10-40 cm (4-16")

Each Flower: Up to 7 mm (1/4") long, urn-shaped with 5 lobes and tips rolled under; 5-pointed calyx lobes; stamens 10; style protrudes just beyond petals

Leaves: Numerous narrow, smooth, evergreen leaves 8-16 mm (1 1/2") long and grooved on lower surface

Stems: Woody, branched, forming large mats, young stems hairy and with glands

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Mountain slopes and meadows from sub-alpine to alpine elevations

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