Common Name - Labrador Tea
	Scientific Name - Ledum groenlandicum
	Family Name -  Heath (Ericaceae)
Season	Spring perennial.
Habitat	Cold northern bogs and swamps.
Flower	Regular, small (1/3" wide) white flowers arranged in rounded clusters. Each cluster contains several flowers each having five petals.
Leaves	The leaves of this 1 to 2 foot high shrub have edges that are rolled in and the margins of the leaves are smooth. This shrub is easily identified as the leaves are evergreen and hairy beneath. Smaller stems are also hairy.
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