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Published In: Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17: 158. 1834. (Edinburgh New Philos. J.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Habitat: Described from the Himalayas.
Distribution: Distribution: An alpine shrub, at 3000 to 4000 m in Swat, Kaghan and Kashmir, extending eastward through the Himalayas to Bhutan.
Illustration: Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D. Don (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Hazara: Kaghan Valley: Saifulmaluk, Shaukat Ali 21 (RAW) ; Musa, Duthie 21949 (RAW).

 

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Caespitose, 5-30 cm tall; branches many, fastigiate. Leaves c. 6 mm long, ovate, margin hyaline, continued into a long cuspidate apex, dorsal surface appressed to the stem, ventral surface with a longitudinal groove. Flowers solitary or sometimes in clusters of 2 or 3; bract elliptic, c. 3 mm long; pedicels c. 6 mm, villous. Corolla white, campanulate. Anthers spurred. Fruit ovoid, c. 5 mm. Seeds numerous, minute.
 
 
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