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Phyllodoce breweri (Purple mountainheath)
Loughmiller, Campbell and Lynn

Phyllodoce breweri (Gray) Heller

Purple mountainheath, Purple mountain heath, Purple mountain heather, Brewer's mountain heath, Brewer's mountain heather

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

USDA Symbol: PHBR4

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Brewers Mountain Heather (Phyllodoce breweri), from the California mountains, has pink flowers with stamens longer than the corolla.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Fruit:

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Purple

Distribution

USA: CA , NV
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Phyllodoce breweri in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Phyllodoce breweri in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Phyllodoce breweri

Metadata

Record Modified: 2012-08-14
Research By: TWC Staff

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