Mountain Heather

(Cassiope)

galery

Description

Cassiope is a genus of nine to twelve shrubby plants of the heath family ( Ericaceae ). The botanical name Cassiope is derived from Cassiopeia from Greek mythology. The species are native to the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere . C. tetragona comes at the high arctic tundra of Greenland before.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Ericaceae
Genus:Cassiope
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