Ledum
glandulosum
(Rusty Menziesia)
[Nutt.]
Subclass:
Dilleniidae
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Family Description:
Heath
Key Characteristics:
Also known as Smith Fool’s Huckleberry, Mock Azalea,
Rusty-leaf or Rusty Menziesia. |
leaves |
flowers |
fruit |
- deciduous, thin, brown pilose and glandular above, pale green &
glandular-pubescent below, 3-6 cm long, ovate-elliptic to elliptic-obovate,
crenate-serrulate margined, apex apiculate to rounded
|
- 2-8 in terminal umbels on glandular pedicels;
- calyx glandular-ciliate margined;
- corolla urceolate, pinkish or yellowish-red, 6-9 mm long;
- stamens with filaments globose to sparsely hairy at base, anthers
dehiscing by terminal pores, without appendages
|
- ovoid capsule about 8 mm long
|
General
Description:
Deciduous, erect, slender shrubs, 2-3 meters tall with alternate, obovate, thin,
oblong to obovate-elliptic leaves; fruit a capsule.
Distribution:
Alberta and British Columbia east to Wyoming, west to eastern Washington and
Oregon, along Columbia River to Mount Hood and Mount Adams.
Habitat:
Found in moist woodlands and streambanks of mountains.
Other:
No human uses found.
Important
State References:
No information available at
this time
Photos and Information written
by Dr. Karl E. Holte,© 2002