Global InformationRhododendron columbianum information
| Rhododendron columbianum | |
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Conservation status
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 Secure (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. columbianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhododendron columbianum (Piper) Harmaja
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Rhododendron columbianum, commonly known as western Labrador tea, swamp tea, or muskeg tea, is a shrub that is widespread in the western United States and in western Canada, reported from British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. It grows in wet places from sea level up to 3,500 m (11,000 ft).[2] It was formerly known as Ledum columbianum. Its origins date back to the late Pliocene.[3]
- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Rhododendron columbianum". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b Judd, Walter S.; Kron, Kathleen A. (2009). "Rhododendron columbianum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 8. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Leppik, Eliner E. (1974). "Interactions Between Rhododendrons, Pollinating Insects and the Rust Fungi". The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society. 28 (2). ISSN 0003-0821.