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Rhododendron columbianum
mountain Labrador-tea, smooth Labrador-tea, western Labrador-tea
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; British Columbia to California,

Habitat: Swamps and bogs at low elevations.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, beetles, moths, hummingbirds, sawflies

Description:
General:

Evergreen shrubs 0.5-2 m. tall, the twigs puberulent and glandular-dotted.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, evergreen, ovate to oblong-ovate, deep green on the upper surface and grayish-green and densely glandular on the lower, more or less revolute, 3-4 cm. long and about as broad.

Flowers:

Flowers many in short, terminal racemes; pedicels 1-2 cm. long; calyx small, 5-parted nearly to the base; petals 5, distinct to the base, white, nearly rotate; stamens 8-12, longer than the style, the anthers without awns, opening by pores near the tip; ovary superior.

Fruit:

Capsule 5-valved, ovoid to globose, 3-6 mm. long, puberulent and glandular.

Accepted Name:
Rhododendron columbianum (Piper) Harmaja
Publication: Ann. Bot. Fenn. 27: 203. 1990.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. [HC]
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. ssp. australe C.L. Hitchc.
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. ssp. columbianum (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. ssp. olivaceum C.L. Hitchc.
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. var. californicum (Kellogg) C.L. Hitchc.
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. var. columbianum (Piper) C.L. Hitchc. [HC]
Ledum glandulosum Nutt. var. glandulosum [HC]
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Rhododendron columbianum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Rhododendron columbianum checklist entry

OregonFlora: Rhododendron columbianum information

E-Flora BC: Rhododendron columbianum atlas page

CalPhotos: Rhododendron columbianum photos

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