Ericaceae
Blue mountainheath
Phyllodoce caerulea
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Phyllodoce
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- خلنج الجبل الأزرق
- arz
- خلنج الجبل الازرق
- Chinese
- 松毛翠
- English
- Blue mountainheath, Blue mountain-heath
- Finnish
- Kurjenkanerva, Tunturikurjenkanerva
- Icelandic
- Bláklukkulyng
- Japanese
- エゾノツガザクラ
- Korean
- 가솔송
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blålyng
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blålyng
- Persian
- فیلودوک کارولیا
- Russian
- Филлодоце голубая
- Swedish
- Lappljung
- Welsh
- Grug glas
Synonyms
- Andromeda caerulea L.
- Andromeda daboecia Pall.
- Andromeda taxifolia (Salisb.) Pall.
- Bryanthus caeruleus (L.) Dippel
- Bryanthus taxifolius (Salisb.) A.Gray
- Erica arctica Waitz
- Erica coerulea Willd.
- Erica daboecia Georgi
- Menziesia coerulea (L.) Sw.
- Menziesia taxifolia (Salisb.) J.W.Robbins ex Alph.Wood
- Phyllodoce caerulea f. yesoensis (Koidz.) Nakai
- Phyllodoce caerulea var. yesoensis Koidz.
- Phyllodoce taxifolia Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 331 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: E-190, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuelle Simard-Provençal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miya.m, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arnstein Rønning, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Phyllodoce
- Pink mountainheathPhyllodoce empetriformisEricaceae
- Aleutian mountainheathPhyllodoce aleuticaEricaceae
- Phyllodoce nipponicaEricaceae
- Phyllodoce deflexaEricaceae
- Yellow mountainheathPhyllodoce glandulifloraEricaceae
- MountainheathPhyllodoce × intermediaEricaceae
- Phyllodoce × alpinaEricaceae
- Purple mountainheathPhyllodoce breweriEricaceae
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.