Andromeda L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 12

16. Andromeda L. 1

Evergreen dwarf shrubs; leaves alternate, subsessile. Flowers 5-merous, in very short, umbel-like, terminal racemes; bracteoles 2, at extreme base of pedicel, concealed by bract. Sepals connate at base. Corolla urceolate; lobes short. Stamens 10; anthers with apical appendages. Fruit an erect, loculicidal capsule.