Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), Alaska
A prostrate, mat-forming evergreen shrub of Alaskan mountainsides. Evergreen to avoid expenditure of energy on growing a new set of leaves each short spring, mat-forming as a protection against cold. A widespread plant in subarctic North America and also Europe; precise location of this specimen no longer known. From a slide.
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Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), Alaska
A prostrate, mat-forming evergreen shrub of Alaskan mountainsides. Evergreen to avoid expenditure of energy on growing a new set of leaves each short spring, mat-forming as a protection against cold. A widespread plant in subarctic North America and also Europe; precise location of this specimen no longer known. From a slide.
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