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§1 Plant

Ledum palustre L. ssp. decumbens (Aiton) Hultén

vernacular marsh Labrador tea — subspecies · Ericaceae


USDA
LEPAD
GBIF
6400569 syn.
Rank
subspecies
marsh Labrador tea (Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Ericaceae Juss.
Genus
Ledum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
§2b

County-level range

· 19 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 19 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 19 counties across 1 state.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LEPAD ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6400569 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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