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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesAndromeda polifolia L. 
SynonymsAndromeda americana DC.
 Andromeda grandiflora Steud.
 Andromeda oleifolia Steud.
Habitatbogs, marshes
Altitude0-1500m
Descriptionleaves narrowly eliptic, 15-40mm long, entire, margins revolute, abaxially grey, flowers 5-8mm long, capsule glabrous, 4-6mm wide
Size5-80cm
Colorpink, white
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeshrub
Cultivationvery moist to boggy, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring
Territory Circumpolar
Europe
     Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Ireland , Norway , Sweden )
     Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland )
     Southwestern Europe (France )
     Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia )
     Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin )
     China (Manchuria )
     Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon )
     Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan )
     Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec )
     Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Washington)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

ERICACEAE

Andromeda polifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 393 (1753)

Synonyms:
Rhododendron polifolium (L.) Scop.

0-1500m
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polifolia typica ined.

Synonyms:
Andromeda americana DC.
Andromeda canadensis Cels. ex Lam.
Andromeda grandiflora Steud.
Andromeda myrifica Hryn.
Andromeda oleifolia Steud.
Andromeda polifolia concolor B.Boivin
Andromeda polifolia humilis Kurtz
Andromeda polifolia media Aiton
Andromeda revoluta Steud.
Andromeda rosmarinifolia Gilib.
Andromeda secunda Moench
Leucothoe secunda (Moench) DC.

Circumpolar
10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NET NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER POL SWI 12 FRA 13 ITA ROM YUG 14 BLR BLT RUC RUE RUN RUS RUW UKR 30 ALT BRY CTA IRK KRA TVA WSB YAK 31 AMU KAM KHA KUR MAG PRM SAK 36 CHM 38 JAP KOR 70 ASK GNL NUN NWT YUK 71 ABT BRC MAN SAS 72 LAB NFL ONT QUE 73 IDA WAS

polifolia jamesiana (Lepage) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 432 (1966)

Basionym:
Andromeda x jamesiana Lepage, Naturaliste Canad. 81: 258 (1954)

Ontario, Quebec
72 ONT QUE

polifolia latifolia Aiton, Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 2: 68 (1789)

Synonyms:
Andromeda glaucophylla latifolia (Aiton) Rehder
Polifolia montana latifolia (Aiton) Nakai

Andromeda canescens Small
Andromeda glaucifolia Wender.
Andromeda glaucophylla Link
Andromeda glaucophylla ionandra Fernald
Andromeda kalmifolia Hoffmanns.
Andromeda oleifolia Hoffmanns.
Andromeda polifolia angustifolia Aiton
Andromeda polifolia glaucophylla (Link) DC.
Andromeda polifolia rosmarinifolia Torr.

Greenland, Canada, n. USA
70 GNL 71 MAN SAS 72 LAB NBR NFL NSC ONT PEI QUE 74 ILL MIN WIS 75 CNT INI MAI MAS MIC NWH NWJ NWY PEN RHO VER WVA

polifolia pumila V.M.Vinogr., Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 8: 134 (1980)

Circumpolar
10 NOR 14 BLT RUN 30 WSB 38 JAP 70 ASK

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