woolly Labrador tea Rockies DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See 1955 quote.
See also: Labrador tea (def. 1a)
- 1953  Woolly Labrador tea is perhaps most widespread . . . with bearberry a close second.
- 1955  The most widespread flowering shrub in Canada is in all probability that known as Labrador Tea. There are two varieties of this plant but the one best known in the Canadian Rockies is that known as Woolly Labrador tea, the glossy leaves having a rusty-red wool on the underside.