| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Andromeda glaucophylla Link |
| Bibliography | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 394 (1821) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nc. & ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 100-700m |
| Description | leaves oblong, revolute, 2-5cm, adaxially bright green, abaxially finely grey tomentose, flowers in dense, pendent clusters, pedicels to 1cm, calyx whitish, corolla 4-7mm long |
| Size | 10-70cm |
| Color | pale rose, whitish |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 in fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Andromeda canescens Small Andromeda glaucifolia Wender. Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra Fernald Andromeda glaucophylla f. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder Andromeda glaucophylla var. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder Andromeda kalmifolia Hoffmanns. Andromeda oleifolia Hoffmanns. Andromeda polifolia var. angustifolia Aiton Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Link) DC. Andromeda polifolia ssp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Aiton Andromeda polifolia var. revoluta G.Lodd. Andromeda polifolia var. rosmarinifolia Torr. Andromeda rosmarinifolia Pursh Polifolia montana var. glaucophylla (Link) Nakai Polifolia montana var. latifolia (Aiton) Nakai |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) |