Ledum groenlandicum
Ericaceae - Rhododendron
Canada
SD flowering plants
 
Uses[edit]
Bog Labrador tea leaves are regularly used to make beverages and medicines--most commonly a fragrant tea--by many Native American tribes such as the Quinault and Makah, the Potawatomi, the Anishinaabe, the Iroquois, and First Nations tribes in Canada.[6] When European explorers arrived, they soon adopted these uses as well, dubbing it "Indian plant tea".[6] During the Revolutionary War, it was used as a substitute for tea.[6]
It is sometimes grown as an ornamental shrub.[6]
Its essential oil is popular in aromatherapy.[6]
For its traditional uses in herbal medicine, see Labrador tea.
Precautions[edit]
Bog Labrador tea contains toxic alkaloids, which are poisonous to livestock and may be toxic to humans in concentrated doses.[6]