| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Andromeda polifolia L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 393 (1753) |
| Native Range | Temperate & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | leaves narrowly eliptic, 15-40mm long, entire, margins revolute, abaxially grey, flowers 5-8mm long, capsule glabrous, 4-6mm wide |
| Size | 5-80cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Andromeda americana DC. Andromeda canadensis Cels ex Lam. Andromeda grandiflora Steud. Andromeda myrifica A.Pabrez ex Hryn. Andromeda polifolia f. acerosa C.Hartm. Andromeda polifolia var. concolor B.Boivin Andromeda polifolia f. concolor (B.Boivin) B.Boivin Andromeda polifolia var. grandiflora G.Lodd. Andromeda polifolia f. humilis Kurtz Andromeda polifolia ssp. humilis V.M.Vinogr. Andromeda polifolia var. media Aiton Andromeda polifolia var. minima G.Don Andromeda polifolia var. subulata G.Don Andromeda revoluta Steud. Andromeda rosmarinifolia Pursh Andromeda secunda Moench Leucothoe secunda Moench Polifolia montana (Oeder) Nakai Rhododendron polifolium (L.) Scop. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, 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) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, WAS Washington) 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) |