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English
name:
marsh andromeda or bug-rosemary
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Own
language name: Andromède
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Description:
perennial
plant
with long stems (15 - 30 cm). The leaves are alternate, simple
linear-oblong, stiff leathery grey-white-green with recurved margins.
Light pink flowers, 5 - 8 cm long, umbellate and bell-shaped, occurs in
late spring or early summer.The fruit is in a small capsule containing
numerous seeds.
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Habitat:
peaty
soils.
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Report about the reasons of the risk: andromeda is became very sparse in high Ardennes, owing to the drainage of the soil.. |
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Categoria IUCN: 1, CR, critically endangered
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Possible solutions: Preservation
of the peaty soil.
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Culinary
and/or medicinal properties:
Andromeda contains toxine wich, when ingested, lowers blood pressure
and may cause respiratory problems, dizziness, vomitry and diarrhoea.
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