Cassiope tetragona

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Cassiopoideae
Genus: Cassiope
Species: Cassiope tetragona
Subspecies: C. t. subsp. saximontana – C. t. subsp. tetragona
Name

Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don, 1834
References

Don, D., 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Edinburgh 17:158.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Cassiope tetragona. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cassiope tetragona in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cassiope tetragona. Published online. Accessed: Apr 21 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cassiope tetragona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cassiope tetragona in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
čeština: šupinový vřes čtyřhranný
Deutsch: Vierkantige Schuppenheide, Zypressen-Schuppenheide, Vierkantige Moorheide, Vierkantige Cassiope, Maiglöckchenheide, Vierkantheide
English: Arctic Bell-heather, White Arctic Mountain Heather, Arctic White Heather
suomi: Liekovarpio
русский: Кассиопея четырёхгранная
Cassiope tetragona (common names include Arctic bell-heather, white Arctic mountain heather and Arctic white heather) is a plant native to the high Arctic and northern Norway, where it is found widely.

Growing to 10–20 cm in height, it is a strongly branched dwarf shrub. The leaves are grooved, evergreen, and scale-like in four rows. Pedicels are long and arched. The plant bears bell-shaped, solitary flowers usually with white and pink lobes and pink anthers. The flower stalks and sepals are red, but the petals may also be yellowish-white. The anthers can also be brownish-yellow and flower stalks and sepals yellowish-green.
Arctic bell-heather

It grows on ridges and heaths, often in abundance and forming a distinctive and attractive plant community.

In Greenland, indigenous peoples use the plant as important source of fuel. Because of high resin content, it burns even when wet.[3]

The plant can also be used in cooking. Canadian chef Louis Charest used arctic heather as a smoked herb for the 2016 Three Amigos Summit state dinner.[4]
See also

Flora of Svalbard

References

NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Cassiope tetragona | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
"Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
John 'Lofty' Wiseman SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition p. 72; William Morrow Paperbacks (2008) ISBN 978-1875900060
Stone, Laura (27 June 2016). "Rideau Hall chef cooking up a coast-to-coast dinner for Three Amigos summit". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-06-28.