Rhododendron tomentosum |
Rhododendron columbianum |
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Labrador tea, marsh Labrador tea, northern Labrador tea, trappers tea |
Mt. Labrador tea, smooth Labrador tea, trapper's-tea, western Labrador tea |
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Habit | Shrubs, to 0.5 m, rhizomatous. | Shrubs or trees, to 2 m, rhizomatous. |
Stems | creeping or prostrate; bark ± smooth; twigs unicellular-hairy and with flattened, glandular scales, scales often obscured by dense, ferruginous, long-crisped, multicellular hairs. |
bark smooth, sometimes peeling or shredding with age; twigs unicellular-hairy, papillate, with flattened, glandular scales (lepidote). |
Leaves | persistent, (fragrant when crushed); petiole with unicellular and/or peltate scales and, sometimes, ferruginous, long-crisped hairs; blade ± linear, 2–5 × 1–4 cm (often much longer than wide), coriaceous, margins entire, revolute, glabrous, apex acute, abaxial surface with sparse to dense, glandular-peltate scales without broad rim, scales often obscured by dense (to sparse), ferruginous, long-crisped, multicellular hairs sometimes forming dense, ± uniform mat, adaxial surface rugose with scattered, lepidote scales and sometimes also with white, unicellular hairs along impressed midrib, midrib usually lanate. |
persistent, (fragrant when crushed); petiole with glandular-peltate scales without broad rim and few, ferruginous, long-crisped hairs; blade (white or pale green abaxially), ovate to lanceolate, (1–)2–8 × 1.5–3 cm, coriaceous, margins entire, plane, glabrous, apex usually acute, abaxial surface sparsely to densely papillate, with few, ferruginous, long-crisped hairs and glandular-peltate scales without broad rim, adaxial surface with scattered lepidote scales and/or papillae, sometimes also unicellular-hairy along midrib. |
Inflorescences | slightly rounded, 10–35-flowered; bracts lepidote abaxially, margins ciliate, long-crisped-hairy, sometimes also unicellular-hairy. |
slightly rounded, 10–35-flowered; bracts lepidote abaxially, margins ciliate, unicellular-hairy. |
Pedicels | 5–26 mm, sparsely eglandular-hairy (hairs ferruginous, elongated), with ferruginous, long-crisped, unicellular and/or peltate scales, sometimes also long-stalked, multicellular glandular-hairy. |
4–25 mm, with dense to sparse, ferruginous, long-crisped, unicellular and/or peltate scales, sometimes also long-stalked, multicellular glandular-hairy. |
Flowers | radially symmetric, opening after leaves (of flowering shoots), ± erect, not fragrant; calyx lobes ca. 1 mm, outer surface densely to sparsely unicellular-hairy (hairs tan), and multicellular, stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs red) on margins; corolla white to cream, without blotch, ± rotate, 2–8 mm, inner surface often densely unicellular-hairy, petals appearing distinct or only slightly connate basally, lobes 5–7 mm; stamens 10, exserted, ± equal, 4.4–8.5 mm. |
radially symmetric, opening after leaves (of flowering shoots), ± erect, fragrance not noticeable at mid day; calyx lobes (often reflexed in fruit), ± 1–1.5 mm, outer surface densely to sparsely unicellular-hairy (hairs tan) and multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs red) on margins; corolla white to cream, without blotch, ± rotate, 2–8 mm, inner surface hairy proximally, outer surface glabrous, petals appearing distinct or only slightly connate basally, lobes (4–)5–7 mm; stamens (8–)10(–12), exserted, ± equal, 4.5–8.4 mm. |
Capsules | borne on apex of sharply recurved pedicels, 2.5–5 × 1–3 mm (only slightly longer than wide), with sparse to dense, lepidote scales, acropetally dehiscent. |
borne on recurved pedicels, 2.5–5 × 2–6 mm (only slightly longer than wide), glabrous, acropetally dehiscent. |
Seeds | somewhat elongated beyond narrow ends; testa closely appressed. |
somewhat elongated beyond narrow ends; testa closely appressed. |
Floral | bud scales with lepidote scales and unicellular-hairy abaxially, margins unicellular-hairy. |
bud scales with peltate scales without broad rim and unicellular-hairy abaxially, margins unicellular-hairy. |
2n | = 26, 52. |
= 26. |
Rhododendron tomentosum |
Rhododendron columbianum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. | Flowering spring-mid summer. |
Habitat | Bogs, muskeg, tundra, raised beach ridges | Bogs, swamps, stream margins, sometimes on well-drained sites |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-3500 m (0-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AB; BC; MB; NF; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Europe; Asia
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 459. | FNA vol. 8, p. 459. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Rhododendron | Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Rhododendron |
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Synonyms | Ledum palustre, Ledum decumbens, Ledum palustre subsp. decumbens, R. subarcticum, R. tolmachevii, R. tomentosum subsp. decumbens, R. tomentosum var. subarcticum | Ledum columbianum, Ledum glandulosum, R. neoglandulosum |
Name authority | Harmaja: Ann. Bot. Fenn. 27: 204. (1990) | (Piper) Harmaja: Ann. Bot. Fenn. 27: 203. (1990) |
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