a shrub, Cassiope tetragona, having mosslike foliage and found in the Arctic regions.
- 1936  On caribou hunting expeditions into the interior, the Eskimo relies on certain forms of vegetation for fire, of which the commonest is the white heather . . . called by the Eskimos "Keyukta."
- 1952  On the upland north of Great Bear Lake . . . are found ground birch . . . Labrador tea . . . white heather. . . .