bog rosemary

English

Noun

Any shrub in the genus Andromeda, especially Andromeda polifolia.

Usage notes

This species is now considered the only species of the genus, other species names under Andromeda being understood as synonymous with it or species of other genera in the Ericaceae. Note also that the vulgar has often confused this plant with Rhododendron tomentosum which bears the name marsh rosemary and other names relating it to the rosemary in other languages.

Translations

Andromeda

Finnish: suokukka (fi)
French: andromède (fr) f
German: Rosmarinheide f
Irish: andraiméid f
Lithuanian: balžuva f
Polish: modrzewnica (pl) f, modrzewnica (pl) f
Romanian: ruginare (ro) f
Russian: подбе́л (ru) m (podbél), андроме́да (ru) f (androméda)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дивљи ружмарин m

Latin: divlji ružmarin m

Andromeda polifolia

Finnish: suokukka (fi)
German: Rosmarinheide f
Icelandic: ljósalyng (is) n
Lithuanian: siauralapė balžuva f, balžuva f
Polish: modrzewnica (pl) f, modrzewnica pospolita f, modrzewnica wązkoliścia f
Russian: подбе́л (ru) m (podbél), андроме́да (ru) f (androméda), андромеда многолистная f (andromeda mnogolistnaja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дивљи ружмарин m

Latin: divlji ružmarin m

References

bog rosemary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Andromeda polifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Andromeda polifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons