Andromeda polifolia, 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

1. A. polifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 393 (1753) .

Flowering stems 15- 35 cm, decumbent to erect, sparingly branched, arising from a creeping, woody rhizome. Leaves 10-40 x 2-8 mm, linear to oblong, acute to apiculate, entire, dark green above, silvery- glaucous beneath; margins usually revolute. Flowers inclined or pendent, in racemes of 2-7(-12). Pedicels 7-15 mm, slender. Calyx-lobes 1-5 mm, triangular, reddish. Corolla 5-8 mm, urceolate, bright pink at first, fading almost to white; lobes revolute. Appendages as long as anthers, slightly curved. Capsule 4-5 mm, depressed-globose. 2n=c. 48. Sphagnum-ôo^s and other wet, acid habitats. N. & N.C. Europe, extending locally southwards to the S. Alps, E. Carpathians and S.C. Russia. Au Be Br Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su.