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| name = Bog Labrador Tea<br />
| image = Rhododendron groenlandicum.jpg<br />
| regnum = [[Plantae]]<br />
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Ericales]]<br />
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Rhododendron]]''<br />
| subsectio = ''[[Ledum]]''<br />
| species = '''''R. groenlandicum'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Rhododendron groenlandicum''<br />
| binomial_authority = (Oeder) Kron & Judd<br />
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'''Bog Labrador Tea''' (''Rhododendron groenlandicum'', formerly ''Ledum groenlandicum''), is a [[flowering plant]] in the subsection ''[[Ledum]]'' of the large genus ''[[Rhododendron]]'' in the family [[Ericaceae]]. It is a low [[shrub]] growing to 50 cm (rarely up to 2 m) tall with [[evergreen]] [[leaf|leaves]] 20-60 mm long and 3-15 mm broad. The leaves are wrinkled on top, densely hairy white to red-brown underneath, and have a leathery texture, curling at the edges. The tiny white [[flower]]s grow in hemispherical clusters and are very fragrant and sticky.<br />
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It is found growing in northern latitudes right around the world. In Europe, it occurs south to the [[Alps]], and in the [[United States]], it reaches as far south as northern [[Pennsylvania]], [[Ohio]] and [[New Jersey]] in the east, and [[Oregon]] in the west. It grows in bogs and on wet shores, and sometimes on rocky alpine slopes.<br />
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For its traditional uses in [[herbal medicine]], see [[Labrador Tea]]. <br />
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==External links and references==<br />
*Peterson, R. T. and McKenny, M. ''A Field Guide to Wildflowers Northeastern and North-central North America''.<br />
*Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. ''Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Hodder & Stoughton.<br />
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEGR USDA PLANTS database: ''Ledum groenlandicum'']<br />
*[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/ledgro/index.html]. Labrador Tea from the point of view of the US Forest Service.<br />
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[[Category:Ericaceae]]<br />
[[Category:Herbs]]<br />
[[Category:Herbal tea]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of North America]]</div>Envoy