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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = Bog Labrador Tea
| image = Rhododendron groenlandicum.jpg
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Rhododendron]]''
| subsectio = ''[[Ledum]]''
| species = '''''R. groenlandicum'''''
| binomial = ''Rhododendron groenlandicum''
| binomial_authority = (Oeder) Kron & Judd
}}
'''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.
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.
For its traditional uses in [[herbal medicine]], see [[Labrador Tea]].
==External links and references==
*Peterson, R. T. and McKenny, M. ''A Field Guide to Wildflowers Northeastern and North-central North America''.
*Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. ''Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Hodder & Stoughton.
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEGR USDA PLANTS database: ''Ledum groenlandicum'']
*[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/ledgro/index.html]. Labrador Tea from the point of view of the US Forest Service.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herbal tea]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of North America]]
| name = Bog Labrador Tea
| image = Rhododendron groenlandicum.jpg
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Rhododendron]]''
| subsectio = ''[[Ledum]]''
| species = '''''R. groenlandicum'''''
| binomial = ''Rhododendron groenlandicum''
| binomial_authority = (Oeder) Kron & Judd
}}
'''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.
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.
For its traditional uses in [[herbal medicine]], see [[Labrador Tea]].
==External links and references==
*Peterson, R. T. and McKenny, M. ''A Field Guide to Wildflowers Northeastern and North-central North America''.
*Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. 1989. ''Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Hodder & Stoughton.
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEGR USDA PLANTS database: ''Ledum groenlandicum'']
*[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/ledgro/index.html]. Labrador Tea from the point of view of the US Forest Service.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herbal tea]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of North America]]
