Ledum glandulosum (Western Labrador Tea) Edible By Lorene Edwards Forkner

By Lorene Edwards Forkner

Plant Description: A small to medium sized shrub with many slender branches and a beautiful

and using 120 of the region’s most powerful wild plants

Ripening Time: early to mid summer

Ledum glandulosum (Western Labrador Tea) Edible By Lorene Edwards ForknerPlant Description: Labrador tea is a native shrub with smooth, brown bark and aromatic leaves. Its branches are hairy, dotted with resinous glands and support a leathery, evergreen foliage. Leaves are alternate and oblong, usually drooping. Each leaf measures up to 3 inches long and is dark green and smooth above, but glandular with whitish hairs bellow. Edges are slightly rolled under. Showy round topped clusters of white or cream colored flowers