Ledum palustre L.
ERICACEAE
- Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Ledum palustre L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 391. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Marsh Labrador tea
English name: crystal-tea English name: marsh-tea
Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Ledum palustre L. ssp. decumbens (Aiton) Hultén
2) Ledum palustre L. ssp. groenlandicum (Oeder) Hultén
3) Ledum palustre L. var. decumbens Aiton
4) Ledum palustre L. var. latifolium (Jacq.) Michx.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Ledum
Species:
Page counter: 1257 ( AVG: 221.03 / 219.716 )
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Ledum palustre
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Ledum palustre
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Ledum palustre
Picture modified from Graebner, Paul - Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen (1918) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Ledum palustre
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Ledum palustre
Picture modified from Bley, Franz - Botanisches Bilderbuch (1897/98) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Ledum palustre
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)
Map for Ledum palustre L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Ledum palustre L. ssp. decumbens (Aiton) Hultén [342]
2) Ledum palustre L. var. decumbens Aiton [175]
3) Leersia hexandra Sw. [413]
4) Leersia monandra Sw. [252]
5) Leersia virginica Willd. [583]
6) Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet [172]
7) Leitneria floridana Chapm. [226]
8) Lemna minor L. [1703]
9) Lemna trisulca L. [1553]
10) Leontodon autumnalis L. ssp. autumnalis [237]
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