Wild Rosemary

Andromeda polifolia

Summary 4

Andromeda polifolia, common name bog-rosemary, is a species of flowering plant native to northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member of the genus Andromeda, and is only found in bogs in cold peat-accumulating areas.

Distribution 5

Circumboreal-polar

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  1. (c) Kingsbrae Garden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32598399@N00/2576876471
  2. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/JCS%20Andromeda%20polifolia%2024980.jpg
  3. (c) 2013 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=557567&one=T
  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_polifolia
  5. (c) Lynn J. Gillespie, Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/32794194

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