Rhododendron neoglandulosum

Taxobox
name = "Rhododendron neoglandulosum"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Rhododendron"
subsectio = "Ledum"
species = "R. neoglandulosum"
binomial = "Rhododendron neoglandulosum"
binomial_authority = Harmaja
synonyms = "Ledum glandulosum"

"Rhododendron neoglandulosum" (formerly "Ledum glandulosum") is a species of rhododendron known by the common names western Labrador tea and trapper's tea. It is a common shrub of western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist areas such as bogs and marshes. This is an erect evergreen shrub exceeding a meter in maximum height with hairless bark along the stem and glandular or nonglandular hairs on the newer twigs. The leathery leaves are oval-shaped and up to about 3.5 centimeters long. They are fuzzy and glandular on the undersides. The inflorescences appear at the ends of branches. They are racemes of small white to cream or yellowish flowers with five rounded petals and 8 to 10 protruding stamens. The fruit is a capsule containing winged seeds. A number of Native American peoples boiled the leaves of this shrub to make tea.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3449,3571,3572 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEGL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?433402 GRIN Species Profile]
* [http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Ledum+glandulosum Ethnobotany]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ledum+glandulosum Photo gallery]