4 to 8, see text Phyllodoce /ˌfɪləˈdoʊsiː/ is a small genus of plants in the heather family, Ericaceae.

[5] They often grow from rhizomes, the stem bases formed by clumps of old leaf stalks.

They have erect or spreading stems, the new shoots covered in glandular hairs, the old ones bare, tough, and shreddy.

The flower has a cup- or bell-shaped corolla of five petals that are fused together for at least half their lengths.

Even after detailed phylogenetic analyses the relationships between plants in this genus are still unclear.