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Cassiope tetragona
Also called Arctic Bell Heather, Arctic White Heather, Four Angled Mountain Heather, Four Angled Moss Heather
A low, mat-forming Arctic shrub, about 5 to 10 cm tall, with white bell-shaped flowers. It grows on exposed, gravelly tundra and ridges, so it needs cold, open conditions rather than warmth.
Cassiope tetragona (common names include Arctic bell-heather, white Arctic mountain heather and Arctic white heather) is a 5 - 10 cm tall low growing plant native to the high Arctic and northern Norway, where it is found widely. It is a white flowered shrub in the Ericaceae family.
It grows on ridges, gravely slopes, heaths and tundra, often in abundance and forming a distinctive and unique plant community.
In the Canadian Arctic, indigenous peoples use the plant as fuel. Because of high resin content, it burns even when wet.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
