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| has gloss | (noun) heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers Cassiope mertensiana, white heather |
| has gloss | eng: Cassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather. This heather is native to subalpine areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along the ground and in rocky crevices. The short, erect, snakelike stems are covered in tiny leathery scalelike leaves only a few millimeters long. From between the layers of scale leaves emerge reddish pedicels each bearing a petite, hanging, down-facing, bell-shaped flower. The bractlets are red and the contrasting flower is white. |
| lexicalization | eng: Cassiope mertensiana |
| lexicalization | eng: white heather |
| subclass of | (noun) a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers heath |
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