NameThatPlant.net: Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia FAMILY Ericaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Andromeda glaucophylla

COMMON NAME:
Bog-rosemary

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image of Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia, Bog-rosemary

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July Pocahontas County WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Leaves white beneath, margins rolled inward, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Andromeda glaucophylla

2010

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed globular-urceolate corolla
10 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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