DCHP-3

Labrador tea plant

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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either of two closely related evergreen shrubs, Ledum groenlandicum and L. decumbens var. palustre.

See: Labrador tea(def. 1a)

Quotations

1821
Not being able to find any tripe de roche, we drank an infusion of the Labrador tea plant (ledum palustre) and ate a few morsels of burnt leather for supper.
1858
. . . the bottom of it [was] occupied by an extensive morass overgrown with scrubby pines, and the Labrador Tea plant.
1869
The Labrador tea plant might also be found to be a not unacceptable luxury.