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Phyllodoce caerulea
Evergreen dwarf shrub, standing up to 150mm (6") high. it has small green leave arranged alternately. Leaves are 4-10mm long and about 3mm wide. Flowers grow at the top of the stems in clusters of 2-6 and are usually pink/purple in colour fading to a pinks blue with age. They are quite ovoid in shape with 5 fused petals.
These plants found in the Russian far east in mixed tundra on the Kamchatka peninsular. This species is found in the north of the Euro/Asian and North American continents.
It is quite patchy in its distribution in the circumboreal area but I saw it in most sites in the Kamchatka region.
Spotted on Jul 1, 2015
Submitted on Feb 26, 2016
1 Comment
Thank you Polilla. It is a pretty little plant.