Ericaceae

White arctic mountain heather

Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cassiope

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White arctic mountain heather (Cassiope tetragona) — FlowerPhoto: Mirko Schoenitz, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Danish: Almindelig Kantlyng, Kantlyng
Dutch: Arctische dophei
English: White arctic mountain heather
Finnish: Liekovarpio, Tunturiliekovarpio
German: Vierkantige Schuppenheide, Tundrenheide
Hungarian: Négysoros mohahanga
Norwegian Bokmål: Kantlyng
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kantlyng
Russian: Кассиопея четырёхгранная, Кассиопея четырехгранная
se: Ruvdorássi
smn: Toŋâsrääsi
sms: Ruʹvǩǩrääʹss
Swedish: Kantljung

Synonyms

Andromeda tetragona L.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 348 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mirko Schoenitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrea, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ted Cheeseman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nick Block, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.