Cassiope mertensiana (Bongard) D. Don subsp. mertensiana

Cassiope mertensiana (Bongard) D. Don subsp. mertensiana is an accepted subspecies name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• cassiope de Mertens Porsild, 1974

• white mountain heather Douglas et al., 1998-2002
• Mertens' moss heather Klinkenberg, 2010+
• Mertens' mountain heather Klinkenberg, 2010+
• western bell heather Klinkenberg, 2010+
• western moss heather Klinkenberg, 2010+
• western mountain heather Anions
• white heather ITIS, 2010
• white moss heather Klinkenberg, 2010+

Synonyms

• Andromeda cupressina Hooker FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Andromeda mertensiana Bongard FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Cassiope mertensiana (Bongard) D. Don var. mertensiana

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Cassiopoideae
Genus	Cassiope
Species	Cassiope mertensiana
Subspecies	Cassiope mertensiana subsp. mertensiana

Habit

Shrub