Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia

Aiton

Hort. Kew. 2: 68. 1789 ,.

Common names: Andromède glauque
Synonyms: Andromeda canescens Small Andromeda glaucophylla Link Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra Fernald Andromeda polifolia subsp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Link) de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 505. Mentioned on page 504.

Shrubs 10–70 cm. Stems ascending. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly oblong, (2–) 3–5 cm × 2–8 mm, abaxial surface white-hairy to white-velutinous, not glaucous, adaxial often white-hairy on base, petiole, and midvein, ± glaucous when young. Pedicels recurved, pale-glaucous, seldom more than 6 (–8) mm, rarely 2 times length of corolla. Corymbs nodding, (2–) 4–8-flowered, on curved branchlets. Corollas 6 (–8) × 5–6 (–7) mm, not dilated basally. Capsules obovoid to subglobose, 4–5.5 × 4 mm, glabrous or minutely hairy at base. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul(-Sep); fruiting Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Open, wet sites, bogs, fens, margins of pools, along boggy shores
Elevation: 100-700 m

Distribution

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Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Vt., W.Va., Wis., Europe, Asia

Discussion

Variety latifolia occurs farther south and east than does var. polifolia, from southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba to West Virginia, Newfoundland, and southern Greenland; it is sympatric with var. polifolia in the boreal extent of its range in southern Labrador, Nunavut, northern Ontario, and Quebec.

Variety latifolia is globally secure but is of conservation concern in some states: Connecticut (threatened), Indiana (rare), New Jersey (endangered), Ohio (presumed extirpated), Pennsylvania (rare), and Rhode Island (endangered).

In eastern Canada and northeastern United States this variety is highly regarded as an ornamental with named cultivars. The pink flowers in terminal umbels make this acidophilous peat-bog shrub very attractive, and it is cultivated successfully in some gardens where the acid soil condition can be duplicated. Some of these cultivated forms have been given varietal names, although it is unclear whether they deserve taxonomic recognition.

Variety iodandra was described as having the corolla broader than long rather than urceolate, and the anthers purple or purplish brown rather than pale brown; it is known only from the type locality, Table Mountain, western Newfoundland.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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not glaucous +, white-hairy +  and white-velutinous +
glaucous +  and white-hairy +
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
blunt +  and acute +
Dorothy M. Fabijan +
furrowed +  and smooth +
not flaky +
coriaceous +
saucer--shaped +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
obovoid +  and subglobose +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Andromède glauque +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
(2-)4-8-flowered +
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Europe +  and Asia +
100-700 m +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
flattened +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
5-valved +  and capsular +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
obovoid;subglobose +
Open, wet sites, bogs, fens, margins of pools, along boggy shores +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
, +  and white-glaucous +
linear;narrowly oblong +
pseudoverticillate +  and alternate +
persistent +
oblong;elliptic +
coriaceous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
depressed-globose +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
pale-glaucous +
epigynous +  and hypogynous +
recurved +  and short-spreading +
papillate +
reduced +
not sticky +
Flowering May–Jul(-Sep) +  and fruiting Jun–Sep. +
distinct +
ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
whitish +  and reddish +
widespreading +
dentate-triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
procumbent +  and creeping +
hairy +  and glabrous +
peltate +  and capitate +
straight +
Andromeda canescens +, Andromeda glaucophylla +, Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra +, Andromeda polifolia subsp. glaucophylla +  and Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla +
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia +
Andromeda polifolia +
variety +
multilayered +
achlorophyllous +  and chlorophyllous +
evergreen +, deciduous +  and perennial +
heterotrophic +, autotrophic +  and mycotrophic +
multicellular-hairy +