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Plants in the Hul’q’umi’num’ World

Source: Courtenay Clark
Hul'q'umi'num' name:
me’hwulhp
English Name:
Labrador Tea
Alternative English Names:
Muskeg Tea, Swamp Tea
Scientific Name:
Ledum groenlandicum

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Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
This small, much-branched evergreen shrub bears long, often drooping leaves that are covered with dense, rusty hairs on the lower surface. The clustered white flowers produce small, drooping capsules. Labrador tea inhabits swamps and bogs from low to middle elevations along the entire coast of the province.
Island Cultural Role
The leaves of this bog-loving plant may be used to make a fragrant tea.

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Hul'q'umi'num' Name
me’hwulhp
APA
meʔxʷəłp
Speaker
Margaret James

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