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white mountain heather
Cassiope mertensiana
Cassiope mertensiana
white mountain heather Heather Family
Cassiope mertensiana Ericaceae
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common names
  white mountain heather
  western moss heather
accepted scientific name
  •Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) G. Don
rules for finding collection records
  Cassiope mertensiana (2988)
family name
  • Ericaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Walter Siegmund
Image License: CC BY-SA
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Category: Shrubs
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is .2 to .3 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed 2nd week of June thru 1st week of October

How Likely at this Location (26%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
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