Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench |
Synonyms | Andromeda calyculata L. |
Andromeda angustifolia (Aiton) Pursh | |
Andromeda crispa Poir. | |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | leaves alternate, oval, 2-4cm long, apically smaller, shallowly serrate, adaxially dully, corolla axillary, urceolate, 6mm long, pendent |
Size | 20-150cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Poland ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Delaware , Georgia , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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