Ledum L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 9

6. Ledum L. 1

Evergreen shrubs; leaves alternate, shortly petiolate. Flowers 5-merous, in terminal, umbel-like, more or less corymbose racemes; bracts scarious, deciduous; bracteoles absent. Sepals small, connate for most of their length. Petals free. Stamens (5—)8—10(—14); anthers without appendages. Fruit a septicidal capsule; seeds with very loose testa.