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Andromeda polifolia (bog rosemary)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Andromeda polifolia, common name bog-rosemary, is a species of flowering plant native to northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Andromeda, and is only found in bogs in cold peat-accumulating areas.
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Infraspecies

Andromeda polifolia polifolia
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Bog-rosemary)
Andromeda polifolia var. jamesiana
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia
Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia (bog rosemary)
Andromeda polifolia var. rosmarinifolia

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [2]  White
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [3]  A toxin, called 'andromedotoxin' can be released from the plant if it is infused in boiling water; See notes below regarding use of the plant for tea.
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Lepidoptera, Bats
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  Tannin is obtained from the leaves and twigs;
Height [3]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [3]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Light Preference [5]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [5]  Very Acid
Soil Fertility [5]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [5]  Wet
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Protected Areas

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Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rhytisma andromedae[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 5ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0