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Andromeda polifolia - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Andromeda polifolia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1983
Date of entry: 09.07.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Bog-rosemary

German: Rosmarinheide

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Ericaceae (28)(family description)

          Genus: Andromeda (1)

            Epithet: polifolia L. (1)

polifolia => either many-leaved, or grey leaved like Teucrium polium

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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