Western Labrador Tea
Ledum glandulosum
Western Labrador tea is an aromatic evergreen shrub of western mountain bogs and streamsides, with leathery leaves and flat clusters of white flowers, a fragrant native for cool, moist, acidic ground. The leaves make a traditional tea, but brew it lightly and in an open pot — long, closed-container brewing concentrates a toxic compound in the foliage.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4.5–4.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY