Cassiope mertensiana

Cassiope mertensiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cassiope
Species:
C. mertensiana
Binomial name
Cassiope mertensiana
This article is about the plant with common name white mountain heather. For the plant with common names including white Arctic mountain heather and Arctic white heather, see Cassiope tetragona.

Cassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather.

This heather is native to subalpine areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices.

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