Ericaceae
Leatherleaf
Chamaedaphne calyculata
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Chamaedaphne
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Common names
By language (16)
- Belarusian
- Балотны мірт звычайны
- Chinese
- 地桂, 湿原踯躅, 甸杜
- Czech
- Lýkoveček drobnokališný
- Danish
- Læderløv
- Dutch
- Chamaedaphne
- English
- Leatherleaf
- Estonian
- Hanevits
- Finnish
- Vaivero
- German
- Torfgränke, Lyonia calyculata, Zwerglorbeer
- Lithuanian
- Bereinis, Durpyninis bereinis
- Polish
- Chamedafne północna
- Portuguese
- Chamaedaphne
- Russian
- Хамедафне обыкновенная, Андромеда болотная, Болотный мирт, Болотный мирт обыкновенный, Болотный мирт чашечный, Кассандра обыкновенная, Подбел болотный, Хамедафна болотная
- Spanish
- Chamaedaphne
- Swedish
- Finnmyrten, Finnmyrtensläktet, Finnmyrtenväxter, Finnmyrtnar
- Tatar
- Сазкуак
Synonyms
- Andromeda angustifolia Pursh
- Andromeda calyculata L.
- Andromeda calyculata var. angustifolia Aiton
- Andromeda calyculata var. anomala Vent.
- Andromeda calyculata var. latifolia Aiton
- Andromeda calyculata var. nana G.Lodd.
- Andromeda calyculata var. ventricosa Aiton
- Andromeda crispa Poir.
- Cassandra angustifolia (Aiton) G.Don
- Cassandra angustifolia var. anomala (Vent.) DC.
- Cassandra calyculata (L.) D.Don
- Cassandra calyculata var. angustifolia A.Gray
- Cassandra calyculata var. latifolia F.Seym.
- Cassandra calyculata var. nana (G.Lodd.) Bean
- Chamaedaphne calyculata subsp. nana (Lodd.) A.P.Khokhr.
- Chamaedaphne calyculata var. angustifolia (Aiton) Rehder
- Chamaedaphne calyculata var. latifolia (Aiton) Fernald
- Chamaedaphne calyculata var. nana (Lodd.) Rehder
- Chamaedaphne crispa (Poir.) Spach
- Exolepta calyculata Raf.
- Hydragonum calyculatum (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: bernd gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bernd gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bernd gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John B. from Highland Park, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.