Andromeda glaucophylla Link

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Andromeda glaucophylla Link

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrub to 5 dm; lvs leathery, linear to narrowly elliptic, 2–5 cm, entire, revolute (often completely so), whitened beneath when young by a dense indument of fine erect hairs; fls often pink, on recurved pedicels seldom over 8 mm; cor 5–6 mm thick; 2n=48. Acid bogs; Nf. and Lab. to Sask., s. to N.J., W.Va., n. Ind., and Minn. May, June.