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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bog-rosemary
| image = Andromeda_polifolia_bloom.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia'' in flower
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Andromeda'''''
| species = '''''A. polifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Andromeda polifolia''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''Bog-rosemary''' (''Andromeda polifolia'') is a heath found across northern parts of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Bog rosemary is only found in [[bog]]s in cold [[peat]]-accumulating areas.
It is a small [[shrub]] growing to 10-20 cm (rarely to 40 cm) tall with slender stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]], lanceolate, 1-5 cm long and 2-8 mm broad, dark green above (purplish in winter), white beneath with the leaf margins curled under and alternately arranged. The [[flower]]s are bell-shaped, white to pink, 5-8 mm long; flowering is in late spring to early summer. The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing numerous [[seed]]s.
There are two [[variety (biology)|varieties]], treated as distinct [[species]] by some [[botanist]]s:
*''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia''. Northern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], northwestern [[North America]].
*''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''glaucophylla''. Northeastern [[North America]] ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''A. glaucophylla'').
The name derives from the superficial resemblance of the leaves to those of the unrelated shrub [[Rosemary]] (''Rosmarinus'', family [[Lamiaceae]]).
Andromeda is also the common name for plants in the genus [[Pieris]], which is also a member of Ericaceae.
==External links==
{{commons|Andromeda polifolia|Bog-rosemary}}
*[http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/plants/rare/bogrose.htm Bog-rosemary factsheet with photo]
*[http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/art/himesyakunage_1.htm Flower] [http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/himitunohanazono/himesyakunage_himitu_1.htm Fruits, Seeds] Images:Flavon's art gallery
==Images==
<gallery>
Image:Andromeda_polifolia_1.jpg|''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia'' leaves
Image:Andromeda polifolia, Pancake Bay PP.jpg|''Andromeda polifolia'', [[Pancake Bay Provincial Park|Pancake Bay]], [[Ontario]]
Image:Cleaned-Illustration Andromeda polifolia.jpg|Illustration
</gallery>
{{Ericales-stub}}
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of Estonia]]
[[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bog-rosemary
| image = Andromeda_polifolia_bloom.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia'' in flower
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Andromeda'''''
| species = '''''A. polifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Andromeda polifolia''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''Bog-rosemary''' (''Andromeda polifolia'') is a heath found across northern parts of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Bog rosemary is only found in [[bog]]s in cold [[peat]]-accumulating areas.
It is a small [[shrub]] growing to 10-20 cm (rarely to 40 cm) tall with slender stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]], lanceolate, 1-5 cm long and 2-8 mm broad, dark green above (purplish in winter), white beneath with the leaf margins curled under and alternately arranged. The [[flower]]s are bell-shaped, white to pink, 5-8 mm long; flowering is in late spring to early summer. The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing numerous [[seed]]s.
There are two [[variety (biology)|varieties]], treated as distinct [[species]] by some [[botanist]]s:
*''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia''. Northern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], northwestern [[North America]].
*''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''glaucophylla''. Northeastern [[North America]] ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''A. glaucophylla'').
The name derives from the superficial resemblance of the leaves to those of the unrelated shrub [[Rosemary]] (''Rosmarinus'', family [[Lamiaceae]]).
Andromeda is also the common name for plants in the genus [[Pieris]], which is also a member of Ericaceae.
==External links==
{{commons|Andromeda polifolia|Bog-rosemary}}
*[http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/plants/rare/bogrose.htm Bog-rosemary factsheet with photo]
*[http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/art/himesyakunage_1.htm Flower] [http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/himitunohanazono/himesyakunage_himitu_1.htm Fruits, Seeds] Images:Flavon's art gallery
==Images==
<gallery>
Image:Andromeda_polifolia_1.jpg|''Andromeda polifolia'' var. ''polifolia'' leaves
Image:Andromeda polifolia, Pancake Bay PP.jpg|''Andromeda polifolia'', [[Pancake Bay Provincial Park|Pancake Bay]], [[Ontario]]
Image:Cleaned-Illustration Andromeda polifolia.jpg|Illustration
</gallery>
{{Ericales-stub}}
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Flora of Estonia]]
[[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]