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Bog Labrador Tea Labrador is frequently called as Indian tea.
Labrador tea is name applied to two species ledum palustre and ledum
groenlandicum. Both are plants and used to make a savory herbal tea.
Labrador tea is a common among Eskimos and athabaskan.
This herb plant is distributed from Alaska to Greenland, south to New
England, the northern parts of the lake states, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. .
This plant is prostrate form and erect, and generally circular in
outline. Its leaves are 1-3 m long and edges are curled down followed by
brown hair underside.
Roots of this herb are organic in layer and rhizome could reach with a
depth of 6-20 meters.
White tiny flowers clusters are found on slender stalk at the end of the
branch. It flowers in late may or early june.
This plant produces a dry capsule like fruit which contains lot of seeds.
The fruit is collected late august, when ripen.
Labrador tea plant requires open or closed forest habitats, and most
common on wetter sites with low subsurface water flow and low nutrients.
Sometimes it grows abundant in shady areas.
Both the species of this plant grow slowly, so pick individual leaves
rather than whole branch, and should be harvest from different shrubs.
Labrador tea is evergreen plant and can be avail throughout the year.
Leaves are used. .