Elliottia pyroliflora

(Bongard) Brim & P. F. Stevens

J. Arnold Arbor. 59: 336. 1978 ,.

Common names: Copperbush
Basionym: Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bongard Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6., Sci. Math. 2: 155, plate 1. 1832 (as pyrolaeflorus)
Synonyms: Leiophyllum pyroliflorum (Bongard) Dippel
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 474.

Shrubs, 0.5–3 m, ± spreading; older twigs with copper-colored, shreddy bark, twigs of current season green, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves alternate or seemingly whorled at ends of twigs; petiole 1–4 mm; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, (1.5–)2–5 × 0.6–1.4 cm, base cuneate, margins flat, apex mucronate, surfaces glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered cymes, 2–4 cm; bracts leaflike, lanceolate, 10–15 mm, margins entire. Pedicels 5–10 mm, with 1–2, persistent bracteoles distally. Flowers: calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 7–10 × 2–4 mm, apex acute, ciliate along margins especially basally; corolla 5-lobed, petals pinkish or copper colored, narrowly elliptic, 10–15 mm; stamens 8(–10); filaments glabrous; anthers 1.7–2 mm; style (persisting in fruit), curved or recurved, 10–12 mm. Capsules 5–6-parted, spheroidal, 5–8 mm, finely pitted, glabrous. Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm, testa with conspicuous cells. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Moist, coniferous forests and associated habitats in mountainous regions with cool temperatures and high rainfall, especially stream banks, bog edges, tree clumps, and forest edges in subalpine parkland
Elevation: 0-2500 m

Distribution

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B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Elliottia pyroliflora has a wider geographic and elevational range than E. racemosa; it is considered difficult to grow.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Gordon C. Tucker +
(Bongard) Brim & P. F. Stevens +
Cladothamnus pyroliflorus +
Copperbush +
B.C. +, Alaska +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-2500 m +
Moist, coniferous forests and associated habitats in mountainous regions with cool temperatures and high rainfall, especially stream banks, bog edges, tree clumps, and forest edges in subalpine parkland +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
Leiophyllum pyroliflorum +
Elliottia pyroliflora +
Elliottia +
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