[Azaleas, Rhododendrons and Labrador Teas: The Genus Rhododendron in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea

Rhododendron columbianum

Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum

Inflorescence of Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum)

Western labrador tea as seen at the east end of Maxwell Lake and in moist areas along the Maxwell Lake Trail about a mile east of the lake..........August 3, 2016.

Leaves of Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum) - Maturing fruits of Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum)

Inflorescence of Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum) - Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum) - Habitat of Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum)

Western labrador tea as seen at the east end of Maxwell Lake and in moist areas along the Maxwell Lake Trail about a mile east of the lake..........August 3, 2016.

Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum) - Coastal Labrador Tea, Western Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum (Synonyms: Ledum glandulosum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. australe, Ledum glandulosum ssp. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum ssp. olivaceum, Ledum glandulosum var. californicum, Ledum glandulosum var. columbianum, Ledum glandulosum var. glandulosum, Rhododendron neoglandulosum)

Western labrador tea as seen in a fen at the south end of Lost Lake, Okanogan Highlands Alliance property, Okanogan County, Washington..........July 12, 2015.
Paul Slichter