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| name = ''Cassiope''
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| color = IndianRed
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| image_caption = Cassiope tetragona
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Ericales
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| familia = Ericaceae
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| genus = Cassiope
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Cassiope (Greek mythological name). Ericaceae. Ornamental small shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome delicate flowers.
 
Cassiope (Greek mythological name). Ericaceae. Ornamental small shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome delicate flowers.
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Evergreen: lvs. very small, usually scale-like and opposite, rarely alternate and linear: fls. solitary, axillary, or terminal; calyx small, 5-parted; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed or 5-cleft; stamens 10, the anthers with recurved appendages; style included: fr. a 5- valved caps, with numerous minute seeds. — Ten species in arctic regions and high mountains of N. Amer.. N. Eu., N. Asia and Himalayas. Formerly included under Andromeda.
 
Evergreen: lvs. very small, usually scale-like and opposite, rarely alternate and linear: fls. solitary, axillary, or terminal; calyx small, 5-parted; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed or 5-cleft; stamens 10, the anthers with recurved appendages; style included: fr. a 5- valved caps, with numerous minute seeds. — Ten species in arctic regions and high mountains of N. Amer.. N. Eu., N. Asia and Himalayas. Formerly included under Andromeda.
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Cassiopes are graceful, delicate plants, adapted for rockeries, flowering in summer. They are of somewhat difficult culture, and require peaty and sandy moist but well-drained soil and partly shaded situation, though C. hypnoides grows best in full sun, creeping amongst growing moss. Drought, as well as dry and hot air, is fatal to them. Propagated readily by cuttings from mature wood in August under glass; also by layers and by seeds treated like those of Erica.
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Cassiopes are graceful, delicate plants, adapted for rockeries, flowering in summer. They are of somewhat difficult culture, and require peaty and sandy moist but well-drained soil and partly shaded situation, though C. hypnoides grows best in full sun, creeping amongst growing moss. Drought, as well as dry and hot air, is fatal to them. Propagated readily by cuttings from mature wood in August under glass; also by layers and by seeds treated like those of Erica.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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C. fastigiata, Don (Andromeda fastigiata, Wall.). Ascending: lvs. imbricate, in 4 rows, with white-fringed margin: fls. axillary, white. Himalayan. B.M. 4796. G.C. III. 47:379 (habit). Gn. 43. p. 189. G. 15:709.— C. hypnoides, Don. (Harrimanella hypnoides, Coville). Creeping: lvs. linear, alternate, crowded: fls. terminal, deeply 5-cleft. Arctic regions. B.M. 2936. L.B.C. 20:1946. G.C. III. 39:226 (habit).—C. Mertensiana. Don. Erect or ascending to 1 ft. high: lvs. imbricate in 4 rows, carinate on the back: fls. axillary , white or slightly tinged rosy. Sitka to Calif. — C. tetragona, Don (Andromeda tetragona, Linn.). Similar to the former, but lower, and the lvs. with a deep furrow on the back. Arctic regions. B.M. 3181. M.D.G. 1910: 128. 137 (habit). Alfred rehder.
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===Propagation===
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==Species==
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Cassiope''
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| image = Bellheather1.jpg
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| image_caption = ''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''
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| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Cassiope'''''
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| genus_authority = [[David Don|D.Don]]
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
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''[[Cassiope ericoides]]''<br/>
 
''[[Cassiope ericoides]]''<br/>
 
''[[Cassiope fastigiata]]''<br/>
 
''[[Cassiope fastigiata]]''<br/>
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''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''<br/>
 
''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''<br/>
 
''[[Cassiope wardii]]''
 
''[[Cassiope wardii]]''
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'''''Cassiope''''' is a [[genus]] of 9-12 small [[shrub]]by [[species]] in the family [[Ericaceae]]. They are native to the [[Arctic]] and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include [[heather]] and [[heath]].
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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The genus is named after [[Cassiopeia (mythology)|Cassiopeia]] of Greek mythology.
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