Species productivity schedule: Andromeda glaucophylla.

Abstract

Bog Rosemary is an evergreen perennial shrub which grows from about 304.8 millimeters to 914.4 millimeters tall and produces a blue or brown fruit (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 2012). Leaves are alternating and narrow, having a leathery top and a coating of fine hairs of white or sometimes light green coloration underneath (GLIFWC, 1993). Also typical of the plant is its lateral "alligator" leaf venation and the rolled under leaf. Addiontally, A. glaucophylla has conspicuous pale and blue-green leaves prior to maturation after which the leaves become a darker green (Michigan Flora Online 2012). Small and bell-shaped flowers (white and pink coloration) form an umbel cluster which hangs downwards at the ends of the stems. Flowers bloom from May to June and have five petals (typical of the heath family). This bloom is followed by the emergence of round, 5-6 mm fruits which are first blue and then turn brown during July-August (GLIFWC, 1993). The fruits have a vertical style which grows upwards and is the length of the fruit itself (Erichsen-Brown, 1979).