Plants : EricaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Andromeda polifolia L.

Bog-rosemary

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Andromeda polifolia

Description: The Bog Rosemary is a small sub-shrub occurring on raised bogs. The flowers are small, more or less spherical, and pinkish in colour, produced in May - June. The plant is threatened by the destruction of its bog habitat, and is in any case, rare and only found at a few sites in Counties Antrim, Londonderry, and Armagh. Extinct in County Down since about 1927 owing to the destruction of its habitats (near Donaghadee).

All names: Andromeda polifolia L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Andromeda polifolia at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Andromeda polifolia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Andromeda polifolia. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3895. Accessed on 2026-11-02.