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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Ericaceae
Ledum groenlandicum Oeder
Labrador-tea
Ledum: from the Greek ledon, "cistus," for the plant now known as Cistus, unclear how this relates to Ledum
groenlandicum: of Greenland
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1 1/2'-3' tall shrub; stems densely orange-hairy |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/3" wide, petals all separate; inflorescence with many, long-stalked flowers in a crowded, branched cluster (corymb) at the ends of the stem; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | oval capsule |
| Leaf: | stalkless, evergreen, thick, alternate, lance-like to elliptical, edges turning downward, woolly, often with orangish hairs beneath |
| Habitat: | wet; forests, bogs, cliffs |
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