Andromeda polifoliaL. (redirected from: Andromeda polifolia var. media Aiton)
Family: Ericaceae
[Andromeda glaucifolia Wender., moreAndromeda grandiflora Steud., Andromeda myrifica A.Pabrez ex Hryn., Andromeda polifolia f. acerosa C.Hartm., Andromeda polifolia f. humilisgracilis Kurz, Andromeda polifolia f. leucantha (Takeda) Takeda ex H.Hara, Andromeda polifolia var. angustifolia Aiton, Andromeda polifolia var. grandiflora G.Lodd., Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Aiton, Andromeda polifolia var. media Aiton, Andromeda polifolia var. minima G.Don, Andromeda polifolia var. pusilla Pall. ex E.A.Busch, Andromeda polifolia var. subulata G.Don, Andromeda rosmarinifolia Pursh, Polifolia montana var. latifolia (Aiton) Nakai]
Japan Flora: Small glabrous, glaucous shrub, 10-30 cm. high, the ascending stems sparingly branched; leaves broadly linear to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5- 3.5 cm. long, 3-7 mm. wide, acute, very short-petiolate, with recurved margins, glaucous beneath; corolla 5-6 mm. long, the pedicels erect, 1-2 cm. long, slender, usually reddish; capsules 3-4 mm. across, ovate-globose. May-July. Bogs;
Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). Widely distributed in the cooler regions of the N. Hemisphere.