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Rhododendron neoglandulosum (formerly Ledum glandulosum) is a species of rhododendron known by the common names western Labrador tea and trapper's tea. It is a common shrub of western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist areas such as bogs and marshes. This is an erect evergreen shrub exceeding a meter in maximum height with hairless bark along the stem and hairy or nonhairy hairs on the newer twigs. The leathery leaves are oval-shaped and up to about 3.5 centimeters long. They are fuzzy and hairy on the undersides. The flower clusters appear at the ends of branches. They are racemes of small white to cream or yellowish flowers with five rounded petals and 8 to 10 protruding stamens. The fruit is a capsule containing winged seeds. A number of Native American peoples boiled the leaves of this shrub to make tea.
Shrub
3 ft Tall
Evergreen
White, Yellow, Cream
Partial Shade
High, Moderate
Alpine Fell-Fields, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 24 likely
Sallow Button
Acleris hastiana
Miranda Underwing
Amphipyra pyramidoides
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica