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Photographer: Joanne Kline
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Family Ericaceae
Andromeda glaucophylla Link
bog-rosemary
Andromeda: fancifully named by Linnaeus for Andromeda of Greek mythology
glaucophylla: glaucus for "bright, sparkling, gleaming;" phyllon for "leaf"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-20" tall shrub |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, 1/4" wide, urn-shaped, on backward-curving stalks less than 1/3" long; inflorescence an umbel-shaped cluster at the ends of the stems; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule |
| Leaf: | alternate, evergreen, leathery, linear, edges rolled downward, whitish beneath when young |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs; in acidic soil |
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