Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: evergreen, long and skinny, bluntly pointed, 1-2 ¼ inches long, ¼-2/3 inch wide, edges rolled under
• Bark: grey, densely covered in copper-grey hairs
• Height: 1-3 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: cedar/spruce bogs, sphagnum wetlands, lake and stream shores

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kingsbrae Garden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32598399@N00/2677908472
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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