Labrador Tea
Labrador tea is a name commonly applied to three closely related species:
- Rhododendron tomentosum (Northern Labrador Tea, previously Ledum palustre),
- Rhododendron groenlandicum, (Bog Labrador Tea, previously Ledum groenlandicum or Ledum latifolium) and
- Rhododendron neoglandulosum, (Western Labrador Tea, or Trapper's Tea, previously Ledum glandulosum).
In Labrador itself, Labrador Tea is also frequently called Indian Tea.
All three are primarily wetland plants in the Heath family (Ericaceae) with strongly aromatic leaves that can be used to make a very palatable tisane, a favorite beverage among Athabaskan and Inuit people for many years.
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