Bog Labrador Tea

Ledum groenlandicum Oeder - Heath family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Bog Labrador Tea: Archips argyrospila, Callophrys augustinus, Coleophora ledi, Epinotia septemberana, Lithomoia solidaginis, Melanchra assimilis, Syngrapha microgamma, Syngrapha montana

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
  • DEN:  Greenland
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.