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Ericaceae

Bog rosemary

Andromeda polifolia L.

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Andromeda

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Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (32)
Arabic
أندروميدة ذات أوراق قطبية
arz
اندروميده ذات اوراق قطبيه
Belarusian
Імшарніца, Андрамеда, Дуброўнік, Дурэц, Тухлянка
Chinese
仙女越橘, 青姬木, 姬石楠花
Croatian
Planinski ružmarin
csb
Przesôk
Czech
Kyhanka sivolistá
Danish
Almindelig Rosmarinlyng, Rosmarinlyng
Dutch
Lavendelhei
English
Bog rosemary, Bog-rosemary
Estonian
Harilik küüvits
Finnish
Suokukka
French
Andromède
German
Rosmarinheide, Polei-Gränke, Gränke, Poleirosmarinheide, Sumpfrosmarin
Hungarian
Közönséges tőzegrozmaring
Icelandic
Ljósalyng
Japanese
ヒメシャクナゲ, ヒメシャクナゲ属
Latvian
Daudzlapu andromeda, Daudzlapu andromēda, Polijlapu andromeda, Polijlapu andromēda
Lithuanian
Siauralapė balžuva, Balžuva
Norwegian Bokmål
Kvitlyng, Hvitlyng
Norwegian Nynorsk
Kvitlyng
Polish
Modrzewnica zwyczajna, Modrzewnica pospolita, Modrzewnica północna
Portuguese
Andromeda
Russian
Подбел многолистный, Bog rosemary, Андромеда, Андромеда, растение, Белолистник, Бесплодница, Бесплодный куст, Дикий розмарин
se
Alášrássi
Slovak
Andromédka sivolistá, Androméda sivolistá
Slovenian
Navadna rožmarinka, Rožmarinka
Spanish
Andromeda
Swedish
Rosling, Daggrosling, Roslingsläktet
Tatar
Балавыз яфраклы саз куагы
Ukrainian
Андромеда ряснолиста, Андромеда, Андромеда багатолиста, Андромеда білоповстиста, Багниця, Розмарин дикий
Welsh
Andromeda'r gors

Synonyms

  • Andromeda americana DC.
  • Andromeda canadensis Cels ex Lam.
  • Andromeda canescens Small
  • Andromeda glaucifolia Wender.
  • Andromeda glaucophylla Link
  • Andromeda glaucophylla f. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder
  • Andromeda glaucophylla var. glaucophylla
  • Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra Fernald
  • Andromeda glaucophylla var. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder
  • Andromeda grandiflora Steud.
  • Andromeda jamesiana Lepage
  • Andromeda kalmiifolia Hoffmanns.
  • Andromeda myrifica A.Pabrez ex Hryn.
  • Andromeda oleifolia Hoffmanns.
  • Andromeda oleifolia Hort. ex Steud.
  • Andromeda polifolia f. concolor (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
  • Andromeda polifolia f. humilis Kurtz
  • Andromeda polifolia subsp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén
  • Andromeda polifolia subsp. humilis V.M.Vinogr.
  • Andromeda polifolia subsp. polifolia
  • Andromeda polifolia subsp. pumila V.M.Vinogr.
  • Andromeda polifolia var. angustifolia Aiton
  • Andromeda polifolia var. concolor B.Boivin
  • Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Link) DC.
  • Andromeda polifolia var. jamesiana (Lepage) B.Boivin
  • Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Aiton
  • Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Pall.
  • Andromeda polifolia var. media Aiton
  • Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia
  • Andromeda polifolia var. pusilla Pall.
  • Andromeda polifolia var. rosmarinifolia Torr.
  • Andromeda pumila (V.M.Vinogr.) Chepinoga
  • Andromeda revoluta Steud.
  • Andromeda rosmarinifolia Gilib.
  • Andromeda rosmarinifolia Pursh
  • Andromeda secunda Moench
  • Rhododendron polifolium (L.) Scop.

Flowers

In flower
May to July (from 1,036 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.